dinos have groupies?

Yes, yes they do.

Let it be known, that my friend Heather is the first official groupie that I am aware of. She declared herself so after seeing WWD three times while we were in Orlando and promising to see it again in parts unknown. Knowing her, I wouldn't be surprised to see her pop up in some random town - and I love her for it.

I labeled my friend Jeff as a groupie. He came to see it in NY and then twice in Orlando. The third time he brought his wife and son.

But the real stand outs for me were the group of 20 or so students from the Pittsburgh Institute of Art.

They approached some of us towards the end of intermission and, I guess we were feeling generous that night, we gave them a little presentation after the show and a backstage tour ~ on the condition that they buy us a round of drinks ~ they happily accepted the offer ~ many times over. BTW Circus Boy beer is really good

At some point in the evening one of the students took out the show program and a sharpie and asked me to sign it. Next thing I knew I had a line up of programs in front of me that rotated to the other puppeteers as well.

This is a situation that's not uncommon to me. Well, not entirely. I have LOTS of experience in signing autographs, just not my autograph. (I've lived in Orlando for 15 years, and worked for a mouse, I'll let you fill in the rest)

Two nights later the entire lot returned and watched the show from behind us ~ to see the show from our perspective and what it looked like as we performed.

I love that about this show and company. They are welcoming and open and they trust us. They don't hide us from the audience. We aren't featured, but we're not hidden away. It's quite common to have people come up to us and ask questions. It's also quite common for us to bring them into the lounge for a quick tour during intermission. (the voodoo lounge is what the area we perform on is called)

So if you're at a performance of WWD, don't be shy. Come say HI to the voodoos ~ you could be our next groupie :)