I did the shadow cast in Erie PA in the late 70s. (Janet)
RHPS was my first date with my husband -- and we were both in costume.
Trying to remember packing list...lets see...
Rice
Newspaper
Squirt gun
lighter
toast
cards (for sorrow, cards for pain...back in the day, they were computer cards that were punched out to read sorrow and pain)
I know there were other things, but I can't remember now--Last time I went was in the mid 80s.
I did my 100th show at 8th Street Playhouse in the Village. It was a college celebration arranged and paid for by my friends as a birthday present