About edits
Your body is brilliant. It's your brain that gets you in trouble.
It doesn't matter if you're on stage or off stage. When you're performing, you have to remain alert at all times.
It has been said many times before that alertness in improv is not (only) a brain thing. You should trust your body, especially in matters concerning leaving and entering the stage.
Turns out that Rod has treated us with similar wisdom before. :-)