Fudge and Lindsey met on a little show called “What’s It All About?” at New York Theatre Workshop in 2013. Lindsey was the production stage manager, Michael was an electrician and then the light board op. During load-in, she first noticed his beard and the fact that he had put a bunch of crap on her tech table. He did not notice her. Fast forward a couple weeks, Lindsey was happily teching the show with her light board programmer, Alex, whom she did not want to leave. She jokingly called Michael’s boss, John Anselmo, to see if we really needed to hire this “Michael Fudge” character and if Alex could just stay on to do the run of the show. John said that Michael had already been hired and that Lindsey would like him. Alex put Michael’s number in her phone as “Mikey Fudgefudge.” Lindsey was not pleased. Then, Michael with his beard walked into the booth. He was brash and funny and immensely talented at his job. Lindsey was talkative and overly shared amidst calling cues, and Michael was relatively patient with her. They made a good team, and the show looked great...except for the one day when Lindsey accidentally told Michael to spotlight the bassist’s junk when a moving light went down. A friendship and mutual respect was formed. He cheered her up on bad days with notes called Fudge facts that described hysterical and often disgusting tidbits from his past. He pulled a prank on her that caused her to fall out of her chair laughing during “what the world needs now.” They played kings cup on the stage late at night with friends and took naps on the sofas. At a student matinee, watching the kids go nuts for our show, Michael teared up and said, “this is why we do this.” Lindsey developed a crush. The show closed, and it could have ended there. But a week later, Michael and Lindsey went out to Stillwater, and the rest is history. Many thanks to John Anselmo, margaritas, Burt Bacharach and Fight Club for making this marriage possible.