Also on stage left we find Susan (don’t dare call her Suzy) is the stage electrician also known as ‘Sparks’. She is responsible for lighting the stage and operating the stage’s aging dimmer panel. More than making the stage and actors visible, she manipulates the color and intensity of the lights to reinforce the mood of what is happening in the scene. And she is the one who gradually dims the house lights preparing for the magical moment when the curtain goes up. Susan wears a head set to hear from the house manager who watches the seating of the audience and the stage manager who gives the cue to start fading the house lights, first to half until the murmur from the audience dies down and then the rest of the way for the curtain to rise. She is prompted for lighting cues synchronized with action on stage like turning on a light switch or even lighting a candle. Susan knows the play by heart by the end of rehearsals and can follow most of the action by just listening to dialog and hearing audience reaction. Her headset allows her to talk to the stage manager who is over on stage right. She acts as assistant stage manager during rehearsals and performances coordinating activities in the stage left wings. Susan wears just a bikini under her coveralls. It gets warm on stage with all the lights and her aging light panel bales out a lot of heat too.