The part of the show that starts as soon as the
curtain comes down. The
actors or
musicians are relaxing in the dressing room, or on their way
home. The
crowd is filing out the door. The
stagehands and
roadies are still on the middle of their day.
The entire set has to come apart, all the props, costumes, and other bits have to go into boxes, and it all has to get loaded onto trucks in the right order.
For some reason people will line up at the stage door to watch this process.
Maybe it's all the fault of Jackson Browne, who gave the load out it's 15 minutes of fame by writing a song about it.