081413 #worm That was okay. Barp was used to being an extra. There are distinct advantages to lurking in the wings, after all, playing slow-motion dice or miming a conversation with other dimmed members of anonymity--whole worlds can unfold within worlds, plays within plays, while spotlights manipulate the collective gaze of the house elsewhere. The glory of the main stage can seem almost crass, in contrast with the clandestine arcana of the dusty fringes of the proscenium.