Pt. I: Backstage narratives
Introduction: Shining a light on backstage labor
Working and workers in New York City's theater industry
Pt. II: Backstage histories
Commemoration as union history
Stagehands in black and white
Backstage subjectivities, work choreographies, and production histories
Pt. III. Backstage dramaturgies
Essay 1. Reading the rude mechanicals
Essay 2. Dressers onstage and dressing offstage
Essay 3. Backstage ensembles