Joyce Eldridge looks through tickets while working in the box office at the Ogunquit Playhouse before the start of a preview performance of Mamma Mia! on the playhouse's opening night of the 2017 season.

Cameron Wright builds a small platform for a show as he and other employees prepare for a busy season at the Maine State Music Theatre in Brunswick.

People wait to get tickets for the preview performance of Mamma Mia! at the Ogunquit Playhouse on the first night of its 2017 season.

The first show of the 2017 season at the Ogunquit Playhouse is Mamma Mia!

A prop for Grease seen in the workroom at the Maine State Music Theatre.

Susan Grenier, left, and her sister Jane Grenier, both from Massachusetts, read playbills in the lobby of the Ogunquit Playhouse while waiting for a preview performance of Mamma Mia!.

The names of stage workers from previous seasons are written on the walls of the former workshop at the Ogunquit Playhouse.

Workers make last minute adjustments on the stage before a preview performance of Mamma Mia! at the Ogunquit Playhouse.

Becky Wiley, left, and Judy Murphy sit on a bench outside the Ogunquit Playhouse while waiting to go in to see Mamma Mia! on opening night. Wiley attended her first show at the playhouse in 1955 while on a date with a high school boyfriend.

Amy Mussman, the rental manager for the Maine State Music Theatre, and Cameron Wright build a small platform for a show.

Maine State Music Theatre Artistic Director Curt Dale Clark poses for a portrait in his office.

From left, Amy Bertacini, Amy Mussman and Cameron Wright build small platforms at the Maine State Music Theatre office.

Amy Bertacini, an equity assistant stage manager at the Maine State Music Theatre, builds a small platform for a show as she and other employees prepare for a busy season at the office in Brunswick.