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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / TECH: Thoughts on paper tech
« on: Feb 13, 2013, 02:56 pm »
I'm very curious to hear the thoughts of the fine folks on this board re: the usefulness of paper tech. While I have always been on "Team Paper Tech", I'm running into more and more people who view paper tech as a waste of time and a somewhat immature way of doing things. The argument being that "everything is going to change anyway" once we get into the space. I'm in the off-loop Chicago community, where it's common to not even get on set until first tech. I see it as a time saver - and a way to get everyone on the same page without wasting the time of the actors, but only really useful for shows with complicated sequences. And even if things do change in tech (which they will), at least we started from the same goal. For a simple lights up/lights down show, I wouldn't bother.
Thoughts? Do you folks in larger venues still do paper techs?
Edited to add title tag. - Maribeth
Thoughts? Do you folks in larger venues still do paper techs?
Edited to add title tag. - Maribeth