Overheard Stagehand Dialogue #68: "Tell him he went behind the set with a piece of wood."

YOUNG STAGEHAND: "The tech is looking for a particular carpenter. What should I say?

CYNICAL OLD STAGEHAND: "Tell the tech he went behind the set with a piece of wood."

Overheard Stagehand Line #64: "I don't trust that guy..."

 Famous Tough Head: "I don't trust that guy... he's always smiling."

Term of the Night: production meeting karma

production meeting karma--when difficult production people get flayed alive at post-preview production meetings. "The famously backstabby production stage manager was called out by name at the post-show production meeting and reamed out by an angry director. She experienced some production meeting karma."