Curtain call for crew?

[Geniediver]

i actualy am really fond of what we do at my HS the actors take a bow, then they all point, but not with one finger but with the palm open, at the both and tehn the light bord op. flashes a bunch of lights. just sorta of a "yea we are here 2" then the actors take a bow again. and in the last show that a senior is involved in, including tech work he/she will go up with the otehr seniors and take a bow to the stage, as a bye bye thing.

[propmonkey]

we always wait for after the closing show. we wait about 20mins for photos and most ot clear out and while some start strike. we line up and take our bow.

[Radman]

I think for physically difficult jobs, like flying people, that affects the action onstage, they should get to bow. Or techs that do like puppeteering, like AudreyII, that person should get a bow. But not running crew or those jobs where you actually get to sit for pretty much the entire show. If you're in the booth and really want to bow, go ahead, but stay in the booth! LOL And I don't think actors should make "cute" changes to the script on closing night either. IE, for Peter Pan the Indians sang Ugga wugga Jensen, which just sounded stupid. (Jensen = director.) Or for Grease actors during the opening song during that part where it's like "take off your underwear and burn it" pulled t-shirts out of their pants, and during greased lightening the guys went shirtless. That stunt made the director actually cry, partly because there were old people in the house!

[avkid]

Originally Posted by Radman

That stunt made the director actually cry, partly because there were old people in the house!

Was it a Sunday by chance?
Because I have a theory............

[JahJahwarrior]

we have always done that at my school. I don't like it. For one, it means we have no one in the booth, and EVERY TIME we do it there is a mic that is too low, or too loud, or muted, or music playing (final song or something that we play lightly during curtain call) that drowns out the director talking at the end for a moment. Always makes us look bad.

I also feel that they tell the crowd how necessary we are then sometimes try to screw us over.....but hey it's like that at work too.

This year I might try to change it so the people in the booth do not have to do anything. They are there to run their particular board, the actors are there to bow.

[AVGuyAndy]

If you want to bow, be an actor.

[LordFred]

We allow the techies to take a bow on closing night. But we do it in black lighting. So the crew gets to take a bow and recieve some of the applause without anyone knowing exactly who they are.

[AVGuyAndy]

without anyone knowing exactly who they are

That would seem *really* pointless to me...

[SuperCow]

No bows here. It's all business until the show's over.

[avkid]

And then party until you run out of "beverages"