One drawback to the cabaret theater downstairs at iO is that there's no backstage area. There's no good place to warm-up before going onstage.

Usually teams warm-up in the alley behind the theater, occasionally interrupted by a homeless person or a car creeping by. This isn't an option, though, when the temperature dips down to the single digits.

Here the Diplomat Motel warms up in the back hallway, next to the men's restroom.