diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
index 500531e6de..ea7b4e70cb 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Actor* ActorUtil::LoadFromActorFile( const CString& sAniDir, const XNode* pNode
 		CString expr;
 		if( pNode->GetAttrValue("Condition",expr) )
 		{
-			if( !Lua::RunExpressionB(expr) )
+			if( !LUA->RunExpressionB(expr) )
 				return NULL;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
index d20bc8a71f..5bc1e91b3b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void BGAnimation::AddLayersFromAniDir( const CString &_sAniDir, const IniFile& i
 		CString expr;
 		if( ini.GetValue( "BGAnimation", "Condition", expr ) || ini.GetValue( "BGAnimation", "Cond", expr ) )
 		{
-			if( !Lua::RunExpressionB( expr ) )
+			if( !LUA->RunExpressionB( expr ) )
 				return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void BGAnimation::AddLayersFromAniDir( const CString &_sAniDir, const IniFile& i
 				CString expr;
 				if( pKey->GetAttrValue("Condition",expr) )
 				{
-					if( !Lua::RunExpressionB( expr ) )
+					if( !LUA->RunExpressionB( expr ) )
 						continue;
 				}
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/BGAnimationLayer.cpp b/stepmania/src/BGAnimationLayer.cpp
index 2c861d4a28..a06a4b3eef 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BGAnimationLayer.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BGAnimationLayer.cpp
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ void BGAnimationLayer::LoadFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode )
 		CString expr;
 		if( pNode->GetAttrValue("Cond",expr) || pNode->GetAttrValue("Condition",expr) )
 		{
-			if( !Lua::RunExpressionB( expr ) )
+			if( !LUA->RunExpressionB( expr ) )
 				return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ bool BGAnimationLayer::EarlyAbortDraw()
 	if( m_sDrawCond.empty() )
 		return false;
 
-	if( !Lua::RunExpressionB( m_sDrawCond ) )
+	if( !LUA->RunExpressionB( m_sDrawCond ) )
 		return true;
 
 	return false;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Command.cpp b/stepmania/src/Command.cpp
index eced90c352..5ce62c01ed 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Command.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Command.cpp
@@ -38,20 +38,20 @@ Command::Arg::operator CString ()
 
 Command::Arg::operator float ()
 {
-	Lua::PrepareExpression( s );	// strip invalid chars
-	return Lua::RunExpressionF( s );
+	LUA->PrepareExpression( s );	// strip invalid chars
+	return LUA->RunExpressionF( s );
 }
 
 Command::Arg::operator int ()
 {
-	Lua::PrepareExpression( s );	// strip invalid chars
-	return (int)Lua::RunExpressionF( s );
+	LUA->PrepareExpression( s );	// strip invalid chars
+	return (int)LUA->RunExpressionF( s );
 }
 
 Command::Arg::operator bool ()
 {
-	Lua::PrepareExpression( s );	// strip invalid chars
-	return Lua::RunExpressionF( s ) != 0.0f;
+	LUA->PrepareExpression( s );	// strip invalid chars
+	return LUA->RunExpressionF( s ) != 0.0f;
 }
 
 void Command::Load( const CString &sCommand )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaFunctions.h b/stepmania/src/LuaFunctions.h
index ee355d9ef7..0ed116419d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaFunctions.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaFunctions.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ extern "C"
 }
 
 /* Argument helpers: */
-#define LUA_ASSERT( expr, err ) if( !(expr) ) { Lua::Fail( L, err ); }
+#define LUA_ASSERT( expr, err ) if( !(expr) ) { LUA->Fail( L, err ); }
 
 /* Require exactly "need" arguments. */
 #define REQ_ARGS(func, need) { \
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern "C"
 	const int val = (int) lua_tonumber( L, n ); \
 	LUA_ASSERT( val >= minimum && val <= maximum, ssprintf("Argument %i to " func " must be an integer between %i and %i (got %i)", n,  minimum, maximum, val) ); \
 }
-#define LUA_RETURN( expr ) { Lua::PushStack( L, expr ); return 1; }
+#define LUA_RETURN( expr ) { LUA->PushStack( L, expr ); return 1; }
 
 /* Helpers to create common functions: */
 /* Functions that take no arguments: */
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int LuaFunc_##func( lua_State *L ) { \
 	REQ_ARGS( #func, 1 ); \
 	REQ_ARG( #func, 1, string ); \
 	CString str; \
-	Lua::PopStack( L, str ); \
+	LUA->PopStack( L, str ); \
 	LUA_RETURN( call ); \
 } \
 LuaFunction( func ); /* register it */
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ int LuaFunc_##func( lua_State *L ) { \
 	REQ_ARG( #func, 2, string ); \
 	CString str1; \
 	CString str2; \
-	Lua::PopStack( L, str2 ); \
-	Lua::PopStack( L, str1 ); \
+	LUA->PopStack( L, str2 ); \
+	LUA->PopStack( L, str1 ); \
 	LUA_RETURN( call ); \
 } \
 LuaFunction( func ); /* register it */
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int LuaFunc_##func( lua_State *L ) { \
 	REQ_ARG_NUMBER_RANGE( #func, 1, 1, NUM_PLAYERS ); \
 	const PlayerNumber pn = (PlayerNumber) (int(lua_tonumber( L, 1 ))-1); \
 	int a1 = def; \
-	Lua::GetStack( L, 2, a1 ); \
+	LUA->GetStack( L, 2, a1 ); \
 }
 
 /* Linked list of functions we make available to Lua. */
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp
index 8de0a771ff..eaa54ddd13 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <csetjmp>
 #include <cassert>
 
+static LuaManager LUAObj;
+LuaManager *LUA = &LUAObj;
 LuaFunctionList *g_LuaFunctionList = NULL;
 
 #if defined(_WINDOWS)
@@ -50,20 +52,20 @@ const char *ChunkReaderString( lua_State *L, void *ptr, size_t *size )
 	return ret;
 }
 
-void Lua::PushStack( lua_State *L, int out )
+void LuaManager::PushStack( lua_State *L, int out )
 {
 	/* XXX: stack bounds */
 	lua_pushnumber( L, out );
 }
 
-void Lua::PushStack( lua_State *L, bool out )
+void LuaManager::PushStack( lua_State *L, bool out )
 {
 	/* XXX: stack bounds */
 	lua_pushboolean( L, out );
 }
 
 
-void Lua::PushStack( lua_State *L, void *out )
+void LuaManager::PushStack( lua_State *L, void *out )
 {
 	if( out )
 		lua_pushlightuserdata( L, out );
@@ -71,12 +73,12 @@ void Lua::PushStack( lua_State *L, void *out )
 		lua_pushnil( L );
 }
 
-void Lua::PushStack( lua_State *L, const CString &out )
+void LuaManager::PushStack( lua_State *L, const CString &out )
 {
 	lua_pushstring( L, out );
 }
 
-void Lua::PopStack( lua_State *L, CString &out )
+void LuaManager::PopStack( lua_State *L, CString &out )
 {
 	/* There must be at least one entry on the stack. */
 	ASSERT( lua_gettop(L) > 0 );
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ void Lua::PopStack( lua_State *L, CString &out )
 	lua_pop( L, -1 );
 }
 
-bool Lua::GetStack( lua_State *L, int pos, int &out )
+bool LuaManager::GetStack( lua_State *L, int pos, int &out )
 {
 	if( pos < 0 )
 		pos = lua_gettop(L) - pos - 1;
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ bool Lua::GetStack( lua_State *L, int pos, int &out )
 	return true;
 }
 
-void Lua::SetGlobal( lua_State *L, const CString &sName )
+void LuaManager::SetGlobal( lua_State *L, const CString &sName )
 {
 	lua_setglobal( L, sName );
 }
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ static CString jbuf_error;
 static int LuaPanic( lua_State *L )
 {
 	CString err;
-	Lua::PopStack( L, err );
+	LUA->PopStack( L, err );
 
 	/* Grr.  We can't throw an exception from here: it'll explode going through the
 	 * Lua stack for some reason.  Get it off the stack with a longjmp and throw
@@ -119,9 +121,13 @@ static int LuaPanic( lua_State *L )
 	longjmp( jbuf, 1 );
 }
 
-lua_State *L = NULL;
-
 void OpenLua()
+{
+	if( LUA == NULL )
+		LUA = new LuaManager;
+}
+
+LuaManager::LuaManager()
 {
 	ASSERT( L == NULL );
 
@@ -137,25 +143,15 @@ void OpenLua()
 	luaopen_string( L );
 	lua_settop(L, 0); // luaopen_* pushes stuff onto the stack that we don't need
 
-	Lua::RegisterFunctions( L );
+	RegisterFunctions( L );
 }
 
-void CloseLua()
+LuaManager::~LuaManager()
 {
-	ASSERT( L );
-
 	lua_close( L );
-	L = NULL;
 }
 
-lua_State *Lua::GetGlobalState()
-{
-	if( L == NULL )
-		OpenLua();
-	return L;
-}
-
-void Lua::PrepareExpression( CString &sInOut )
+void LuaManager::PrepareExpression( CString &sInOut )
 {
 	// HACK: Many metrics have "//" comments that Lua fails to parse.
 	// Replace them with Lua-style comments.
@@ -169,7 +165,7 @@ void Lua::PrepareExpression( CString &sInOut )
 		sInOut.erase( 0, 1 );
 }
 
-bool RunExpression( const CString &str )
+bool LuaManager::RunExpression( const CString &str )
 {
 	// load string
 	{
@@ -181,7 +177,7 @@ bool RunExpression( const CString &str )
 		if( ret )
 		{
 			CString err;
-			Lua::PopStack( L, err );
+			LuaManager::PopStack( L, err );
 			CString sError = ssprintf( "Lua runtime error parsing \"%s\": %s", str.c_str(), err.c_str() );
 			Dialog::OK( sError, "LUA_ERROR" );
 			return false;
@@ -196,7 +192,7 @@ bool RunExpression( const CString &str )
 		if( ret )
 		{
 			CString err;
-			Lua::PopStack( L, err );
+			LuaManager::PopStack( L, err );
 			CString sError = ssprintf( "Lua runtime error evaluating \"%s\": %s", str.c_str(), err.c_str() );
 			Dialog::OK( sError, "LUA_ERROR" );
 			return false;
@@ -213,7 +209,7 @@ bool RunExpression( const CString &str )
 	return true;
 }
 
-bool Lua::RunExpressionB( const CString &str )
+bool LuaManager::RunExpressionB( const CString &str )
 {
 	if( L == NULL )
 		OpenLua();
@@ -227,7 +223,7 @@ bool Lua::RunExpressionB( const CString &str )
 	return result;
 }
 
-float Lua::RunExpressionF( const CString &str )
+float LuaManager::RunExpressionF( const CString &str )
 {
 	if( L == NULL )
 		OpenLua();
@@ -241,7 +237,7 @@ float Lua::RunExpressionF( const CString &str )
 	return result;
 }
 
-bool Lua::RunExpressionS( const CString &str, CString &sOut )
+bool LuaManager::RunExpressionS( const CString &str, CString &sOut )
 {
 	if( L == NULL )
 		OpenLua();
@@ -257,13 +253,13 @@ bool Lua::RunExpressionS( const CString &str, CString &sOut )
 	return true;
 }
 
-void Lua::Fail( lua_State *L, const CString &err )
+void LuaManager::Fail( lua_State *L, const CString &err )
 {
 	lua_pushstring( L, err );
 	lua_error( L );
 }
 
-void Lua::RegisterFunctions( lua_State *L )
+void LuaManager::RegisterFunctions( lua_State *L )
 {
 	for( const LuaFunctionList *p = g_LuaFunctionList; p; p=p->next )
 		lua_register( L, p->name, p->func );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.h b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.h
index 142e2a1932..929a8d1146 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/LuaHelpers.h
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 #define LUA_HELPERS_H
 
 struct lua_State;
-namespace Lua
+class LuaManager
 {
+public:
+	LuaManager();
+	~LuaManager();
+
 	void PrepareExpression( CString &sInOut );	// strip "//" comments and "+"
+
+	/* Run an expression in the global environment, returning the given type. */
 	bool RunExpressionB( const CString &str );
 	float RunExpressionF( const CString &str );
 	bool RunExpressionS( const CString &str, CString &sOut );
@@ -22,9 +28,16 @@ namespace Lua
 	bool GetStack( lua_State *L, int pos, int &out );
 	void SetGlobal( lua_State *L, const CString &sName );
 
-	lua_State *GetGlobalState();
+	lua_State *Get() { return L; }
+
+private:
+	/* Run an expression.  The result is left on the Lua stack. */
+	bool RunExpression( const CString &str );
+	lua_State *L;
 };
 
+extern LuaManager *LUA;
+
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ScreenBranch.cpp b/stepmania/src/ScreenBranch.cpp
index 4083edb246..0ca7ececa9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ScreenBranch.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ScreenBranch.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ScreenBranch::ScreenBranch( CString sClassName ) : Screen( sClassName )
 		CString sChoice = Capitalize( as[i] );
 		CString sCondition = CONDITION(sChoice);
 
-		if( Lua::RunExpressionB(sCondition) )
+		if( LUA->RunExpressionB(sCondition) )
 		{
 			m_sChoice = sChoice;
 			HandleScreenMessage( SM_GoToNextScreen );