Expression of the Day: "I'm dancing as fast as I can"

"I'm dancing as fast as I can"--something you can say during those load-in moments where a stagehand or head is pulled by the demands. real and imagined, by different departments and the tech. Reference to Barbara Gordon's memoir of her valium addiction.

Term of the Day: Teamster doughnut

 Teamster doughnut--a jelly doughnut

Term of the Day: mad skills

mad skills--having great technical knowledge or a specific ability, like carpentry or rigging. "The stagehand had mad skills as a carpenter, but he just choose not to use them."

Term of the Day: Trumpcake

Trumpcake--crazy supporter of Donald Trump. You find them in the theaters, despite the Trump Administration's systematic efforts to attack labor unions.

Overheard Stagehand Line #44: "You're never gonna work in this theater again...'

"You're never gonna work in this theater again... until I need you." This is a line that refers to the ambivalent relationship between some heads and the stagehands who work for them.

Overheard Stagehand Line #43: "Some of those stories are actually true."

Stagehand #1: "That old head has a lot of stories."
Stagehand #2: "Some of those stories are actually true."

Term of the Night: chucklehead

chucklehead--a stupid person prone to making bad decisions

Term of the Day: transfer legs

transfer legs--when a show is destined to transfer from a regional theater or off-Broadway to Broadway. "They say 'The Girl from North Country,' the Bob Dylan musical, has transfer legs to go to Broadway."

Term of the Day: a clock

a clock-- a 24-hour shift, working around the clock, a clocker. "'Do you want to do a clock?' asked the head."