Appleton was a paper mill town of like 50,000 people. It's also where Harry Houdini grew up. I can't go back to Appleton anymore because I've used that job basically. And what was Houdini's greatest escape from Appleton? So I keep on going with this. But so, you know, you've escaped from there and you've arrived in New York City in 1976. You became involved with the Worcester group, a sort of experimental theatre group which is known throughout the world. They do some very avant-garde and very genre-pushing types of theatre.
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