I needed to get offstage.
"Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"
Cory Doctorow
By the time the choir retired, sweaty and exhausted, a group of ad-hocs were ready to take their place, and I escorted my recruits to an offstage break-room.
"Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom"
Cory Doctorow
Most of the offstage actors were on the other side of the stage, as that's where they make their exits and entrances at this point in the Second Act.
"No Great Magic"
Fritz Reuter Leiber