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Well, life goes on. The other day I volunteered to usher at St. Ann's Warehouse for the Wooster Group's production of House/Lights. What you do is, you email this lady at the theater and she gives you a slot as an usher so you can see the play for free. (A $30 value!) The drawbacks are that there's a lot of waiting around and you have to sit in either the back row or in the front row but on a riser instead of a chair. Other than that the work was pretty easy. I would say sign up with a friend, because of all the waiting around. In fact, I was the "friend" in this case. As an usher, I was enlisted to hand out programs. This is sort of a dizzying task...they come in so fast, and not everyone is sure they want what you're giving them, and some people will take them for their companions but then the companions don't know it and want one too, and some people have both hands full...but then! Then you look up and you're handing a program to Laurie Anderson and right after that you hand one to Lou Reed and he says "Thanks" and you're like omigod omigod! They had excellent seats, obvs.

I liked the play, I guess. It was sort of hypnotic. Excellently choreographed. There was a lot of need for perfect timing between the sound and the movements and the video and the players with each other. It was sort of more like a dance performance. What was the story? I'm not sure. Was it a good play? I don't know. It was a good production, to be sure. The ushers were excellent, especially that girl with the programs, really top-drawer.