instagram, you never have permission to change the volume on my phone. ever. just no.

new favorite preview note ever:

"add shower to porkchop liver."

if this piques your curiosity, come see the fear of 13 at the james earl jones!

(and if you come during previews, you can find me in the last row if you want to ask what on earth i'm talking about.)

#theater #sound

oh my fucking yes fuck. 100% co-sign. i propose saturday for official no-grindy-choppy-motor-shit day. i mean really, people.

folks. turn off. your fucking telephones. at the theater.

also some of you really need to reconsider your ringtone choices.

#theater #sound

i’m crushed. you’re the best.

i designed a wild little production of “on the verge” in portland forever ago and fell in love with the script. just delightful.

if only there were some way for cars to, like, *indicate* that they were planning to turn to the left or the right. so that people could know about it before it happens. at 75 mph. six feet away.

#newjersey

assistant stage manager to cast on stage: "do you want to take it from 'reckless endangerment?'"

#theater #backstage

i just passed a guy on west 47th street casually vacuuming the sidewalk like it’s his living room. just one guy doing what he can to help, i guess.

hot take (evidently): red lights are not suggestions!

#taxi

overheard in tech; the GM team discussing attire for an opening night party for a play set in a prison:

"orange is the new black tie."

#theater #backstage

a screenshot of QLab displaying the text: "10678 cues in 24 lists and carts."

day one of tech is going great. #theater #backstage #qlab

overheard on metro north:

“like… can you guys even *imagine* a place in my room for a didgeridoo? like… and it’s really hard to play. like i can’t even… like i can make a *noise* with one, but i can’t really… *play* it.”

stage door guard: morning.
me: good morning! how are you?
guard (100% flat affect): amazing. how are you.
me: i’m ok. not amazing.
guard (reassuring, but still flat) you’ll get there.

#theater #backstage

our show has a dry tech scheduled, during which time we will be working on the rain effect. i appear to be the only person who finds this funny.

#theater #backstage

overheard backstage...

electrician: is the lift fixed?
supervisor: it's, well, sort of. yes. sort of. that's the best answer.
electrician: uh, if i go up, can i come back down?
supervisor: yes.
electrician: ah, but can i go up?
supervisor: yes.
electrician: great.

#theater #backstage

overheard backstage “oh yeah, last year i did three shows on 45th street with water, water and fire, water and blood. then one uptown with water. yeah. banner year.”

#theater #backstage

the reveal is: parking at the conference *is* the conference.

i had to park my car in a garage that offered an app for easier payment. ok fine. but then i received an email inviting me to a parking technology conference. that such a conference even exists is about as good an indictment of the modern world as i can think of.

i wish you were my representative. you’re everything that could be right in politics. go go go!

friends i really don’t know what will work. i’m trying this. please join me.

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do this! takes two seconds.

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the time is never wrong to mention that the president, his whole cabinet, and all his advisors are horrid excuses for people who do not make acceptable use of the oxygen they breathe.

i no longer believe that it is possible to
be a compassionate person without recognizing that ICE is beyond help and must be completely abolished.

yep

drawback of living in a small town in a rural area: heavy snowfall means driveway needs shoveling.

advantage of living in a small town in a rural area: enterprising teenagers with limitless energy will knock on your door and shovel your driveway for “twenty bucks. or whatever.”

i want to be as direct as possible: nobody, *nobody,* is to refer to the kennedy center as anything but the kennedy center under any circumstances. are we clear?

can i also just say how much i hate the phrase “active shooter incident?”

“gun violence” or “mass murder” are the words you’re looking for.

sad, scared, and horrified by the shooting at my alma mater brown university tonight.

now is not the time for thoughts and prayers. now is the time for some godddamned gun control.