Wordplay In Three Act Nods

Act 1 Lights dim, a pregnant pause for silence to bedim. A nod, then curtain rises, lights and eyes pries Scene 1 to open with actors all set in pose enfrozen. Called to action by director's wink, blink, nod of head. Act 2 The play pans out as script reels unwind Cued and checked by prompter nodding in the wings Lest lines in memory slip and free fall To crash in ad-libbed blabbered blusters. Act 3 With a nod, last scene folds and curtain falls. All actors scurry and clamber back on stage For curtain call or calls, until claps subside satisfied. One last nod calls it over, and actors slink off stage to wings