The difference between Toys R Us and
Tools R Us is a fairly minor one and definitely not a
matter of maturity. Work vs. play is a false dichotomy when you move from a career in theatre to
a life in Theatre.
We'll use the word PROP because
it
undermines and redefines, not just shortens,
the word property. Also because its first definition is support.
The PROP or the gift that one theatre band or cult sends to another looks a lot like that ol' metaphysical tobacco pipe that once was exchanged so easily across this continent. (Close, but no cigar. Second hand smoke, etc. Still, there's no reason why the fetish or talisman exchanged today can't bestow and transfer the same amount of power from geography to geography as it always has.
