text: > go downward
  At the bottom of a stairway you see a doorway West and some smudged graffiti on the wall: "GLASS CUTS DIAMOND" and "DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE!".
  
  > Go west
  There are small piles of sawdust in the corners. You see a door to the East.
  A hardened steel chain has one end built into the concrete wall.
  There is an iron crowbar
  A gouged and battered woodworking table is against the Wall.
  
  > Go south
  You see high shelves with unfinished repair projects and a storage room South.
  A violin sits on the shelf waiting for its broken bridge to be repaired.
  
  > Go south
  You step into a storage room. Small, useless scraps of wood and old hardware are lying about. A plank sits atop a particularly unstable pile of clutter.
  It would turn the tables for you to get that plank down (and vice versa).
  
  > Turn table
  Standing at a safe distance, you direct a gentle breeze from the twirling sheet of paper toward the stack of junk. An ominous rumble builds until, in a spray of hardware and plumbing supplies, the plank comes thundering toward you. You stumble back till your shoulders bang against the wall. Just as the tidal wave reaches your feet, it plays out and the plank comes to rest against your shin.
  
  The storage room floor is a disaster. Junk and clutter lie everywhere.
  There is a 12 foot plank ( at your feet )
  
  > take the plank
  You pick up the sturdy plank.
  
  > Go north
  You see high shelves with unfinished repair projects and a storage room South.
  A violin sits on the shelf waiting for its broken bridge to be repaired.
  
  > hit VIOLIN with the plank
  It only makes sense to attack living things.
  
  > break the VIOLIN with the plank
  BREAK! Someone say BREAK? Great, I'll see you in ten minutes. Bye, bye. I'm back. Now, what were you saying? You wanted to BREAK the VIOLIN? Don't know how to break here...
  
  > drop the plank
  You drop the plank.
  
  > get on the plank
  You pick up the sturdy plank.
  
  > go to the north
  There are small piles of sawdust in the corners. You see a door to the East.
  A hardened steel chain has one end built into the concrete wall.
  There is an iron crowbar
  A gouged and battered woodworking table is against the Wall.
  
  > go east
  At the bottom of a stairway you see a doorway West and some smudged graffiti on the wall: "GLASS CUTS DIAMOND" and "DYSLEXICS OF THE WORLD, UNTIE!".
  
  > Go up
  In the Corner of the offstage area, you see the top of an old wooden stairway.
  
  > go southeast
  The center of the vast open stage area is strangely silent. It almost seems you can hear faint echoes of past performers. There is an elevator built into the stage floor. Luckily it is in the "UP" position now.
  
  > go to the south-east
  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 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.
  
  > throw plank
  You throw the plank.
  
  > take the plank
  You pick up the sturdy plank.
  
  > Go east
  You are at the base of a very plain spiral stairway. The curving steps to the apron are to the North and the audience to the West.
  
  > go to the west
  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.
  
  > check your inventory
  You're carrying:
  dim bulb (Providing light)
  long hotdog
  stage makeup
  sharp knife
  old lamp (Providing light)
  oaken bucket
  scuba suit
  fortune cookie
  paper fortune
  sturdy plank
  valve trumpet
  You're wearing:
  solitaire ring
  
  > 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 north
  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 east
  You are at the base of a very plain spiral stairway. The curving steps to the apron are to the North and the audience to the West.
  
  > go to the west
  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 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 north
  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 north
  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 north
  There is an unpainted red brick wall to the West.
  A thin ray of light creeps in under the stage door.
  
  > go to the north
  In the Corner of the offstage area, you see the top of an old wooden stairway.