the few, The Proud, THE CREW!

Coming from a background in theatre, I was inclined, while directing a local high school production some years ago, to remind those ONSTAGE that, while they might have their names and faces in the press clippings, they - the actors - are NOT doing it by themselves . . . and so, this is my tribute to those stalwart backstage workers, the crew -


the few, The Proud, THE CREW!
(c) 1992


The actor grandly took the stage
Naked as a lark
Sans a shred of costume
He stood there in the dark
For not a single light did shine
As he posed there all alone
He waited, poor thing, to hear a ring
But, you see, there was no phone
No light, no sound, no props at all
He fled from room to room
Except, of course, the house was gone
As he discovered to his gloom
There was no Set, no Lights, no Sound
No Costume - and Props? Not any
And, you know, sans Makeup
He looked fully like a ninny
No shouts of "Bravo!" were heard that night
And there WAS no curtain call
For without those Few we call The Crew
There IS no show at all . . . .

(c) 1992 - Tom A.B. Taylor