Mark Woodard below gave the correct answer: --------------- Mark Woodard F.D.R (Warbucks u/s) in the ANNIE North American Tour It’s a safety issue. If a blackout occurs all actors should hold in place until it’s safe to leave the stage and management decides how best to proceed.

Safety first. We actually had a black out. Actors stayed in place, audience stayed in place until we got limited power back. Our production rescheduled, as it was going to be a long outage.

This actually happwned to me years ago…. It was a Christmas production at my church. Thankfully, we had a backup generator, we setup a portable sound system within 15 minutes so we at least had a couple microphones, most of the orchestra didn’t need to be amplified, and the lighting was just by candlelight (wedding candelabra’s). The emergency lights were on in the back so there was no safety issue

Enact show stop procedures (which all cast, crew and FOH staff should be aware of). Safety of everyone should be the first priority and calm clear communications with everyone until the situation is resolved.

Seguridad ante todo. Comunicarme con el jefe de Escenario, para que retire a los actores del mismo para saber la situación. En caso que fuese un corte de energía normal, pediría al actor que transmita calma a la audiencia y que interactúen con ellos dependiendo de la situación. Los apagones repentinos sin programar , tienen distinta índole de complicación hoy en día nos tomamos muy en serio este tipo de situación. Hoy con la tecnología que poseemos ha cambiado mucho el criterio de reaccionar a este tipo de situaciones. Normalmente si el apagón es largo se reprograma la función.