Local Theater Club 01
I suppose many cities have local theater clubs or troupes that provide stage play entertainment at a local level and the city of Middleton is no different. And it's lucky that the Middleton Theater Club managed to secure the closed down Lawn Chair Shop on the Strip as their playhouse because at least all of the paying guests have a place to sit. And to further clarify the financial health of the theater club, I volunteer work there on Saturday nights as a back stagehand for peanuts, like literally for peanuts and popcorn from the snack bar, which is a common folding table.
But since the rear of the building is smaller, there are no personal dressing rooms, so, running around while delivering the different costumes has its advantages since my eyes are often witness to various levels of undress of the actors. Well, I ignore the male actors, of course, but there are more female actresses anyways, so it all works out.
"[Headset producer Jane] and scene and curtain! Good job, people."
"[Headset producer Lois] it's a quick change over, people, so, chop, chop!"
Um, the producer's voices are not as soothing as that reads. They kind of yell, like a lot.
[Heads to the costume modification and repair seamstress area]
"Seamstress Tessa, her Grace, Mrs. Finks says her maroon and gold Queen's gown is too long and she's been stepping on it and tripping on it a little bit and she said you need to..."
"Mm-hmm, her Grace, Mrs. Fisks is tipsy from the flask she has strapped to her thigh under her leg garter belt, but go on, Ron."
"Oh, Seamstress Tessa, Ale Server Wench, Mrs. Thomas says that she's retaining water this week and needs her puffy server blouse let out a tad because..."
"Mm-hmm, Ale Server Wench, Mrs. Thomas, spent the week eating chocolates, so let's just skip ahead to the part in the play where you start referring to me as Mistress Tessa instead of Seamstress Tessa because I promise you, Ron, your sex life will get a big boost and you won't regret it for even a moment, mm-hmm! I mean, I'm 68, not dead, so?"
"But Seamstress Tessa, I mean, I don't and I haven't..."
"Mm-hmm, yet, you haven't yet, Ron, but trust me, every actress here has become quite comfortable with, you know, your backstage prep help, which is 20% groping, 20% squeezing, 20% poking, 20% grinding, 20% humping and 20% helping with costume changes because..."
Huh, with math like that, I mean, is Seamstress Tessa the best choice for reading the measurement numbers on the fabric tap measure? And my backstage job has a few perks so what?
"And all I'm saying, stagehand Ron, is that half of these women, including myself, would gladly go further with you, especially since you're such a healthy 20 something young man, who probably has it in him to spread it around, but you know, you haven't and you don't! Do you enjoy jerking off in the small Men's room just after each scene and costume changes, hmm?"
Oh, folks, um, um, that never happens because...
"And I'm only bitching, Ron, because for some reason, some unknown reason, I'm not even on your list! You heard me say that I'm willing and not dead, right? Not to mention that I absolutely win the battle of the boobs, so?"
"I mean, Seamstress / Mistress Tessa, speaking of your boobs and my hit list, maybe I've been saving you for a special costume change treat, so?"
"Oh, um, I'm listening, Ron, go on with your thoughts, unless you want to wait until the next scene starts so we can talk about things in the restroom because whacking off guys and sucking off guys was how I made it through school without getting pregnant, so?"
Again, folks, I'm Jon Snow and I know nothing about what happens in the restroom.
"Fine, Seamstress Tessa, if you want to make my list, then surprise me by swim suit modeling for me a dental floss string bikini that you create and make yourself out of a few of the fabric tape measures that you probably have laying around your work area here and make certain that the tape measures down your front clearly identify the longways length of your boobs, from the upper heave and then all the way down to your hanging nipples and expect a photo of that to be leaked out, so?"
"[Slightly stunned] oh, oh, oh my, um, I mean, I mean, I mean, Ron [pant breathing heavily], I mean, Ron, I mean, I'll get right to work on such a daring tape measure bikini tonight after the show tonight and do my best to not disappoint [tosses the act 2, scene 3 costume dress at Ron, which he caught, by the way], so, um, I flustered, I mean, flattered to make your hit it list, mm-hmm!"
I mean, who says a dental floss string bikini has to be made of ordinary strings of cotton because...
"[Headset producer Jane] people [clap, clap] approaching act 2, scene 3 curtain call, people, counting down from five minutes, people, chop, chop."
I get a kick out of two headset producer ladies, but I also avoid them as much as I can because as I just said, they yell a lot.
And by the way, I might tease, flirt and fool around a lot with the actresses, but that's as far as it goes.
[Lending a usual hand during costume change to the fair maiden, Lola]
"Tighter, Ron, pull the corset tighter and tie it off good or one of my fair maiden boobs will pop out of this cheap costume and I've invited a love interest here tonight in the audience, so I need to be the actual fair maiden tonight, now pull Ron, pull and tie my corset tight, tight, tight!"
"[Grr, pull, grr, pull, yank, pull, string, pull and ties off] there Fair Maiden Ooh-La-La Lola, that should cut off your air supply for tonight's performance, right?
"[Gasps for breath] yes [gasps] it should Ron [gasps for air], thanks [gasps for air], now push the girls up and smash them around [gasps for air] and set them in place in the corset cups [gasps], Ron."
See? There are perks to working behind the scenes of the theater. And the rumor is that I've seen these actresses in their bras and undies more in the last six weeks than their hubby's have seen them in the last ten years.