text: > Go downwards
  You have come to a narrow passageway with a ladder leading up to the stage and a crawl way through to a slightly less cramped area to the West.
  
  > Go west
  You find yourself in a cramped little room with curved walls. Something massive occupies almost the entire area. As you make your way around to the far side, you see this is the theater organ. The controls for raising the entire assembly up to stage level for performances have been gutted and are completely unusable. You can still see the narrow passage to the East.
  You are sitting at the keyboard of the massive theater organ.
  
  > Rub organ
  You push tentatively, smiling with some perverted satisfaction at the sight of the greasy fingerprint you left on the hand polished surface.
  
  > Move organ
  You pull out all the stops. (You've been just itching to do that some day.)
  
  > look at the stops
  The massive instrument has been lovingly maintained. The keys smell of Bon Ami, the gilt labels on the stops still gleam and the ornamental vase still holds fresh tulips...(strange, that reminds of a joke somehow).
  
  > play the BUGLE
  You wet your lips, throw back your head and blow for all you're worth. A shower of cockroaches and spider webs flies out the bell along with a stream of notes that would make Sousa gasp.
  
  > drop all
  You drop the bugle.
  You drop the bulb.
  You drop the hotdog.
  You drop the makeup.
  You drop the knife.
  You drop the skate.
  You drop the lamp.
  You drop the bucket.
  You drop the pluto.
  
  > drop the pager
  (Taking it off first)
  You drop the pager.
  
  > take all
  You pick up the battered bugle.
  You pick up the dim bulb.
  You pick up the long hotdog.
  You pick up the stage makeup.
  You pick up the sharp knife.
  You pick up the roller skate.
  You pick up the old lamp.
  You pick up the oaken bucket.
  You pick up the plaster pluto.
  You pick up the pocket pager.
  
  > go east
  You have come to a narrow passageway with a ladder leading up to the stage and a crawl way through to a slightly less cramped area to the West.
  
  > Go upward
  Near the stage-left proscenium arch you notice something dark about the floor. Looking down, you see that it is a trap door - an OPEN trap door.
  
  > go west
  This is the center of the stage, closest to the audience, where all actors hope to take their big bows some day.
  
  > Go west
  Near the right proscenium arch you see the tracks that guide the counterweight for the main stage curtain and a faint glimmer of light to the West.
  There is the curtain counterweight
  
  > go west
  Looking around, you see a spiral stairway leading up, a door around behind the stairs to the West, and the stage to the East
  
  > Go west
  A thin wash of light barely penetrates the cobwebs covering a small window high on the wall. Failing to reach it, you turn your attention to the door to the South with faded gold lettering on even more faded green paint.
  It has a small, dingy transom above and dirty hand prints all
  around.
  
  > examine the transom
  The door (like most of the others in this place) seems to be warped from disuse. The handle does seem to still be useable and there is no obvious lock.
  
  > read the door
  "Stage Manager's Office"
  
  > Go south
  Ignoring everything that you learned as a two year old, you impulsively turn S and walk right into the closed door.
  
  A thin wash of light barely penetrates the cobwebs covering a small window high on the wall. Failing to reach it, you turn your attention to the door to the South with faded gold lettering on even more faded green paint.
  It has a small, dingy transom above and dirty hand prints all
  around.
  
  > open the door
  After several attempts you manage to OPEN it enough to get through. You enter the little room ahead and after waiting a second for your eyes to adjust to the light, you find yourself in a small, dim office.
  
  The transom over the door admits just enough light for you to make out a small desk taking up most of the floor space.
  An old abridged dictionary sits on the desk.
  
  > look at the dictionary
  It has seen better days. Years of coffee spills have obliterated most of the printing and completely glued the binding to the desk. The pages are soggy and YELLOW and about to fall apart. They appear to be somewhat out of order.
  
  > read the dictionary
  Having no particular word to look up, you flip pages at random till you see: APPLE:Safe to eat, like the Steak and Cookie. SEE ALSO AVACODO HOTDOG:Not for you. SEE ALSO CAT, FROG
  
  > look up the APPLE in the dictionary
  Extra input found: "in..."
  
  > read dictionary
  The pages are falling apart as you handle them. You must wait for them to dry.
  
  > look at the dictionary
  It has seen better days. Years of coffee spills have obliterated most of the printing and completely glued the binding to the desk. The pages are soggy and YELLOW and about to fall apart. They appear to be somewhat out of order.
  
  > Inventory
  You're carrying:
  battered bugle
  dim bulb (Providing light)
  long hotdog
  stage makeup
  sharp knife
  roller skate
  old lamp
  oaken bucket
  plaster pluto
  pocket pager
  
  > go north
  A thin wash of light barely penetrates the cobwebs covering a small window high on the wall. Failing to reach it, you turn your attention to the door to the South with faded gold lettering on even more faded green paint.
  It has a small, dingy transom above and dirty hand prints all
  around.
  
  > Go east
  Looking around, you see a spiral stairway leading up, a door around behind the stairs to the West, and the stage to the East
  
  > go east
  Near the right proscenium arch you see the tracks that guide the counterweight for the main stage curtain and a faint glimmer of light to the West.
  There is the curtain counterweight
  
  > Go south
  This is the apron (the extension of the stage in front of the curtain line). The main stage is North. You see the audience to the South and curving steps at either end of the apron starting off East and West before turning Southward.
  
  > Go west
  The curving steps to the apron are to the North, and the audience to the East.
  There is a solid steel fire door built into the West wall.
  
  > go east
  From the front row of the audience you can see the stage apron clearly to the North. You can move along the aisles in other directions.
  
  > go south
  You are now in a middle-ish aisle in the audience area.
  You see a small scrap of parchment with a secret written on it.
  
  > go south
  You are at the lobby courtesy area. The auditorium is to the North. The well-appointed courtesy desk stands by the wall.
  
  > go south
  The East end of the Lobby opens to the foyer. You see the courtesy area to the North and a doorway to the South.
  The door to the South is locked
  
  > Go west
  At the West end of the lobby, there is a grand stairway leading upward and a doorway to the South. You also see the snackbar to the West. There is a restroom door to the South.
  
  > Go upwards
  You are standing at the top of a gently curving staircase leading down to the lobby. You see a small balcony to the East.
  
  > go east
  You find yourself in the balcony. You look down over the railing to the North, and see the entire audience and stage apron area. There is no one in sight and no sign of any activity. Looking around, you see a staircase to the West and a small storage closet to the East with a switch just inside the door.
  Your seat (THEATER seat, that is) has folded into the upright
  position
  A wad of chewing gum is stuck to the bottom of the seat.
  
  > cut the gum
  You want to CUT the GUM with WHAT, pray tell?
  
  > cut the gum with KNIFE
  You want to CUT the GUM with WHAT, pray tell?
  
  > cut the gum with the razor
  You want to CUT the GUM with WHAT, pray tell?