Posted by Mme Bahorel on 9/29/2008, 11:46 pm, in reply to "I just bought theater tickets for the first time in my life! lol"
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Congratulations.
Stage dooring is not something organized. All you have to do is find where the stage door is (at some theatres, it is internal, so the actors exit through the lobby) and wait there after the show. Be polite, but do speak up - in regional theatres, it is rare that any audience members hang around, so everyone will assume that you are waiting for a particular person who is not them. In my experience, actors love attention when they realise it is being directed towards them. They just rarely expect it to be directed towards them, particularly in regional theatre.
When I'm seeing a show at a new theatre, I start by walking around the building. If the stage door is on the side or in the back, it is usually either labeled or has a security keypad or something of the sort. If nothing jumps out at you, then the stage door is likely internal and the actors will exit through the lobby. Do not be afraid to ask at the box office or ask one of the ushers. Theatre staff are always really nice and generally have to enter and exit the same way as the actors, therefore they know precisely where you'll have to go. But definitely ask once you are on-site - it sounds to me as if either you or the person you spoke with thought some organized thing was meant, which isn't the case at all.
--Previous Message--
: And what better show to start with than Emma?
: :-) I'm rather excited . . my tickets are
: for Oct. 11 at 5:00 PM at the Repertory
: Theater in St. Louis!
:
: I have no idea whether I will be able to
: meet the cast, the lady who sold me my
: tickets didn't think that they did anything
: like stage door autographing at this
: theater. Any help/advice in this area would
: be appreciated.
:
: God bless,
:
: ~Ruth
:
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