Rec Les

Ever seen a pirate run on stage, shake twinkies at singing cockroahces and side-dodge said cockroaches before leading them offstage with the twinkie? What if there's a blood-drenched vampire goddess shedding her silken skin on stage, but what she really needs is that blood-filled severed head on a hook handed to her? Ever precisely thrown bananas at a hot pink gorilla on purpose? You know those times when you have a corpse act and that pesky body gets left on stage by the zombies once they were done feeding on the flesh? Have you noticed during a show how before, during, and after every act the stage miraculously stays clean and ready for whatever chaos might be awaiting it?

This is the guy that takes on those endeavors.

He's the intentionally-overlooked back-end of the show. Wrangler, Stagehand, runner, comic relief to stall when time is needed, and the magic behind a smooth show. Every show has one of these guys, because every show NEEDS one of these guys. Never engaging the crowd unless merited, always on top of everything, and in theme to boot. If you don't have someone like this, you're most likely doing too much work to put on your show. Find one of these magic stage monkeys, and your show business life will be that much easier.