Theatergoer tries to charge phone on Broadway set

It happened Friday during a performance of “Hand to God” at New York City’s Booth Theater.

As it turns out, the outlet was only a prop and not operational.

Cellphone noises are a big nuisance at the theatre, but what about someone crawling on stage to plug their phone into an outlet?

When the phone was removed from the stage by house staff, said audience remember responded with, “Well, where can I charge it?”

It remains unclear whether the brazen theater-goer was truly unaware of the consequences of his actions or perhaps was acting on a dare. He apparently got the message. Attendees speaking to the website Broadway Adjacent say that when the ushers gave the man his phone, the man asked, “Well, where can I charge it?”-a statement brazen and absurd enough to suggest that the man was performing his own one-man play””.

Following the show, Hand to God cast members Sarah Stiles and Marc Kudisch logged on to Twitter in reaction to the gaffe.

He wrote: ‘Dear general audience, an electrical socket that’s a part of the set of the play is NOT for you to charge your iPhone…just an FYI…’.

A production spokesperson confirmed to Playbill.com that the incident occurred July 2. It’s usually accepted that the stage is off limits to the audience (random people wandering around tends to put off the actors, and generally spoil the show), and that no matter how real the set looks, it’s all made of wood and prayers. Playwright Robert Askins’ bracing comedy mixes violence, swearing, brutal honesty, parental failure, church hypocrisy and plenty of sex – of both human and puppet varieties.