The Backstagers, Vol. 1 Quotes

“Tell your folks you won’t be home for dinner. Tell your teachers that homework is now priority number two.

Or like, seven.”
― James Tynion IV, The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause

“For those of you who know, the dread time is upon us. The most horrifying, stressful, agonizing moment of our young lives.

(At least until the next one comes around.)

This is tech week! This is war!”
― James Tynion IV, The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause

“We’re the Backstagers. To them we’re out of sight and out of mind. Set pieces show up on stage, props end up on their right spots, the curtains open, the lights come on…

…in their heads it’s just simple stuff. And they don’t want to know any different. They don’t want to know how weird and dangerous it is back here. There’s a magic to the stage. Everyone who’s ever been on one knows that…but backstage…that’s where the real stuff is. The raw stuff that nobody ever thinks about.

Or thanks you for.

…or really ever appreciates.

…they just don’t get us, y’know?

It’s our job to bring all of that magic to life. The backstage is full of secrets and weirdness, but it’s also the only place where we’ve ever felt at home.”
― James Tynion IV, The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause

“If they eat the props, the actors will probably kill us and roast us alive”
― James Tynion IV, The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause