tiktoks for the stage crew waiting for actors to finish their run through :)

[@L-sillybrained]

one time we dropped the entire fog machine and ever since then it’s made this clunkity clunk noise whenever it’s on

[@burnt_toast_does_gacha]

A set piece broke while back stage and me and this other girl where freaking out trying to fix it but the thing that held the nail on was missing and we were freaking out 😭

[@wasabieditsyt]

2:58 bro this set CRAZY MAN btw one time i was in the dressing room with a stage manager and we were supervising some loud asf yr 7s and the stage manager yelled SHUT THE F UP but the door to the audience was open 😭😭😭

[@ashen_rainbows]

NAH 😭

[@aerai11423]

In our community theater while I was volunteering as a kid (and somehow ended up stage manager?) we had to go around and make sure the building wasn’t on fire since there was no fire system.

[@Xer0phix]

It’s tech week at the moment for us but I’m curious. Does anyone else’s director love to change entire dance numbers and blocking the week of, leading to us having to redo our lighting, sounds, and shift plot list every single time? Or is that just a me issue? (Someone please save us from our director. We open in 3 days and we still haven’t had a full run through because he keeps changing everything)

[@SadieMB]

4:57 that's happened to me and the cast and dancers at many different dance and theatre companies that it is no longer funny, yet we still laugh every time 9:50 is my friends backstage and generally all the time and 9:53 is me

[@ChubbyBxnny]

1:41 THIS WAS SO COOL

[@DemonRatLord]

3:53 we did that at my school during the lightning thief during the scene where grover is talking to a squirrel the fog machine was way too strong and set of the alarms i have a video of my friend dancing backstage and at the very end you can hear the fire alarm beep

[@tonikk3607]

we made a dent in the wall moving a barricade for les mis...

[@xyiux]

Cast will fake complement each other while the crew fake insults each other

[@nebraskaonewheel]

Bro I was doing crew once for pride and prejudice and a couches wheel broke during a matinee

[@oddlyspecificvibesforwrite3919]

Our theatre was tiny so we had to leave props literally everywhere-we blocked two fire exits every single night XD

[@stylaxlwh]

we were doing the junior production (like 11-13) and the fire alarm went off right before the dress bc of the fog machine

[@mialovingyou]

At my tech run yesterday someone was due onstage on the next scene and they were in the bathroom and there mic was on and you could hear EVERYTHING 😂 13:12

[@pixiepalasmr6881]

This is like my biggest fear with the mics.

[@qtea3.149]

11:38 I SHOT WATER OUT MY NOSE

[@MARCELINETHEVAMPIREQUEEN]

Ok question for anyone doing theater right now, im doing theater in middle school and im a performer but next year im going to highschool and i saw theater as a option but not stage crew do you know if you have to perform to be stage crew too ???

[@Em.798]

I wrote all of this before realizing that you might have just been looking for the wrong words. Something along the lines of "technical theater" might be a term that they use. Anyway, if you care to read: This varies between schools. I've never actually been on stage crew, but as a techie I know that "Theater" generally encompasses all elements of it (acting and tech/stage crew). If you're looking to join a club in theater, there is going to be a distinction between "acting club" and "technical theater club" but you can always go back and forth between the two. If you're looking for a class in theater there can be several options or fewer options, and this is where it depends on the school. At my school there are 4 levels of acting classes and 2 levels of technical theater classes. The 3rd and 4th levels of acting(which are typically for 11/12 grade & require auditions and interviews) offer a tech crew opportunity for techies, so they will be in the class even if they don't act. Here's what I say: If you like acting then doing the acting class in your freshman year would be great. But for joining the crew I would advise you to try the club out first, maybe on a show that isn't a musical, and see what you like. High school is really all about exploring your interests :) (**extra points if your school counts theater as a PE credit!!)

[@Simply_Barbie]

I recently went to Hairspray and the pre- show announcement was VERY similar to the one in the video 😂😂

[@goose811]

bro this video is soooooo underrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also- last year our school did a production of frozen and for Let It Go, our actor for Elsa was absolutely fab! I was an ensemble member for that scene. (ON OPENING NIGHT) We had fog machines and my asmatha never acts up but the one time i needed it not to, it did and i passed out backstage after curtains closed :D fun times. worth it tho- turned out fab opening night.

[@rrawrlolzzz4726]

0:37 this IS SO ACCURATE

[@zhilemon923]

why is the second one so accurate tho.... it's literally my production team