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That's when the embarrassing incident occurs, one which the house manager must clean up -- quickly, quietly, and literally -- putting every one of his newfound skills to the test.
Story by John Morogiello, from the files of Yarn AudioWorks.
John Morogiello is a Playwright in Residence with the Maryland State Arts Council. For more on his work, click here.
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That's when the embarrassing incident occurs, one which the house manager must clean up -- quickly, quietly, and literally -- putting every one of his newfound skills to the test.
Story by John Morogiello, from the files of Yarn AudioWorks.
John Morogiello is a Playwright in Residence with the Maryland State Arts Council. For more on his work, click here.
Transcript
My first job out of college was to be the house manager at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, CT. That meant that I was in charge of the ushers and getting the audience in and out of the theater on time. I like to tell people, I’m the guy who blinks the light during the intermission to make sure people get in.
I had been doing a lot of house management stuff at SUNY-Albany – it was part of my graduate fellowship, doing a lot of house management work, I had a lot of experience at it. I was trying to get into Yale and the playwriting program there and I figured living in, being part of the New Haven community would help me in that regard.
So it’s my second week on the job and I’m training the new guy who is tearing tickets for me. And I see in the lobby somebody facing the wall in an obscure corner, every once in a while looking furtively over his shoulder. It’s Al Pacino, lookin...
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Brian Kennedy
Posted on January 27, 2010 at 09:52 AM | Permalink
Oh man...
I laughed out loud while listening to this. I even cried a little. Oh man. Nothing like a job in the theatre.