Broadway Teaches Business: The Show Must Go On with Teri Pruitt, 20 years backstage at Wicked and Founder of Open the Aperture

Most People Don't... But You Do! · Oct 29, 2026 · 36m

Teri Pruitt was dragged to a fall play audition in high school, didn't get cast, and said yes when the director asked if she wanted to do props. She had no idea what she had just agreed to. That yes turned into more than 30 years in the theatrical process, more than 25 years on Broadway, and two decades as a dresser on Wicked.

When Bart Berkey asks what she does that most people don't, Teri says she says yes and starts without knowing what to do or how to do it. She also admits that for years her pride kept her from asking for help, and that she was inventing wheels that had already been…