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Self-Promotion / Re: Candide in Boston
« on: Oct 07, 2011, 09:45 am »
Wonderful pictures, also I worked with Brandy this summer in Santa Fe!
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The Green Room / Re: SM Hobbies
« on: Oct 04, 2011, 02:34 pm »
So many SM Geocachers! Maybe we should friend each other on Geocaching.com!
So many things from my SM Kit double for my Geocaching pack!
So many things from my SM Kit double for my Geocaching pack!
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Self-Promotion / Re: Candide in Boston
« on: Sep 15, 2011, 03:06 pm »
I am always missing this production, I actually toured the theatre while it was in DC, but couldn't stay to see it, and my partner lives in Boston, but I probably wont be back in time to see it, cause of the current show I am working on. I visited BU looking into Grad programs, and such and loved that theatre. I wish I could just teleport to see the show and then teleport back, man I would love to work on that production in that space!
Break a leg!
Break a leg!
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College and Graduate Studies / Re: Need Help Narrowing Down!
« on: Sep 11, 2011, 01:27 pm »
Well I guess I'm the resident VCU expert (btw VCU univ is redundant, lol) Anyway, like most bfa programs it's a career oriented program so what you get in work experience you lose in "learning" about theatre. It's conservatory "style", 2/3 Theatre, 1/3 General Education classes. You work on shows starting from you first year, which is a little rough going straight from nothing to college and shows. All shows are undergrad acted (barring age appropriate grad roles) combo undergrad and grad designed, and completely undergrad SM. We currently have 9 people in the SM department, in a theatre school of 250 and a university of 33,000. The whole department is very connected, close, and family oriented. We do 4-6 mainstage shows a year, 20-30 completely student shows in our blackbox space. SM Alumni work all over (Broadway(Rock of Ages, God of Carnage, RENT, etc.) Studio Theatre, 5th Avenue Theatre, etc...) all of the faculty are currently working professionals which can be a good and bad thing. Richmond has 12 "professional" theatres (2 equity houses) that always offer positions and jobs to students in and on shows. It is a larger city with a "rough" reputation (it's not) and a lot of things to do in your free time...any more questions just message me
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The Green Room / Re: Being Green
« on: Sep 11, 2011, 12:54 pm »
The Santa Fe Opera completely treats all of it's waste water and reuses "grey" water for landscaping, and other water goes back for human use. They have a full recycling program, all employees are given reusable water bottles, very useful in the desert. Small things like that that make big differences.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Les Mis
« on: Sep 11, 2011, 12:45 pm »
Counted scripts are by no means a foolproof plan (I use a score 90% of the time, but sometimes it's just dumb to have a huge score for a small musical) If you are new, learning, or not comfortable counts may be easier, I don't mean pages and pages of them if it gets to that you just have to use the score, or a combination of the two. Two prevent being lost I use musical notation to help me find things in the music that are easily recognizable to anyone, music changes, instrument cues, blocking etc. Once again, not claiming this is at all better system but something that works in a pinch.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Les Mis
« on: Sep 07, 2011, 05:02 pm »
2 Words: Counted Script. It works really well if you don't read music well, or like me you read music but don't feel like dealing with the hassle of a score I find it the easiest solution for example:
1- 2 3 4
2- 2 3 4
3- 2 3 4
4- 2 3 4
One day more!
Another day, another destiny.
This never-ending road to Calvary;
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time.
That way if anything happens in the opening music you can just write it like you would a normal cue. It's a lot of work but I've always typed my scripts unless they were formatted in a way that makes it easy to use which they never are, and once it's typed editing is a breeze.
1- 2 3 4
2- 2 3 4
3- 2 3 4
4- 2 3 4
One day more!
Another day, another destiny.
This never-ending road to Calvary;
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time.
That way if anything happens in the opening music you can just write it like you would a normal cue. It's a lot of work but I've always typed my scripts unless they were formatted in a way that makes it easy to use which they never are, and once it's typed editing is a breeze.
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The Green Room / Re: audience callbacks- the ones you want, the ones you don't
« on: Sep 03, 2011, 04:09 pm »
A performance of Circle Mirror Transformation which if you know anything about it has some intentional long pauses, there is a point where there is nobody on stage for 20 seconds or so and nothing is happening. Well this particular theatre is known for the abundance of blue hairs. One of them during one of these long pauses yelled "Someone missed their entrance!" Also since it's a small thrust theatre during one scene when characters were kissing a lady very close to them kept saying "ewww".
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Tools of the Trade / Re: Flashlights?
« on: Sep 03, 2011, 03:58 pm »
My new Gerber flashlight! I like it cause it has all the colors I need, no need to bother with annoying gels, downfall, it's really bright cause it's LED but I always have a cheapo one in case I do need that super dim light
http://www.gerbergear.com/Tactical/Lights/Recon-Flashlight_22-80016
http://www.gerbergear.com/Tactical/Lights/Recon-Flashlight_22-80016
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Tools of the Trade / Re: Your Cue Light System
« on: Aug 14, 2011, 02:59 am »
An amazing new system on the market, developed by college students and seems like it packs quite a punch for such a simple system. It also seems very versatile. I would really love to try it out, check out the website, apparently it has been to a few conferences recently.
http://nudeltadigital.com/
http://nudeltadigital.com/
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Tools of the Trade / Re: How to best use Dropbox?
« on: Aug 14, 2011, 02:42 am »
Yes I was talking about multiple user on the same workstation. Although I don't know how this might change if you were using a computer that allowed multiple users as opposed to the one we have to use which is on Windows 2000 (don't judge). You can certainly use the web interface, but I feel like that kind of undermines the purpose when you are using it daily. don't get me wrong even the web interface makes so many things much easier.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Blocking Script vs Calling Script
« on: Aug 09, 2011, 03:45 am »
I just can't do the post-its system, I do use post-its the first time I write blocking but even then I fear they will fall out, but then I always finalize it at the end of the week or ASAP when everything is fresh on my mind. If it is really a hassle, what i like to do is make two copies of the script i wil use for calling and if a page that is covered in cues has to change I can grab a fresh one and start from there. And they are always separate because I really don't need to be distracted by blocking when calling a show.
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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Blocking
« on: Aug 09, 2011, 03:29 am »
I use a similar system to Matthew's, I write the number next to the word, and one the opposite page, which for me is the left, cause I'm left handed O have at the top a ground plan, and at the bottom lines fore writing blocking and other notes, and I draw pictures on the ground plan when the action is complicated or I am too lazy, and I do that the same way but with letters instead of numbers.
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Tools of the Trade / Re: How to best use Dropbox?
« on: Aug 09, 2011, 02:51 am »
Dropbox has worked wonders for us, but there are certain stipulations:
1. If it's on your personal computer it's great, if it's on a department computer then it is one person's dropbox and to change it it has to be deleted and redownloaded a huge hassle from show to show.
2. I like to have everything stored on my computer and in dropbox which just kind of gets annoying putting it in your file and then in the dropbox file, but if yo uare ok with it just being on dropbox that is fine.
3. Yes as everyone else said it does the multiple copies thing which will make you crazy if you are typing a script or something.
It works well when only used by the sms allowing other people to have access to it is dangerous, you could only share certain folders with them, but like I said before...hassle. I personally like it for my own use.
1. If it's on your personal computer it's great, if it's on a department computer then it is one person's dropbox and to change it it has to be deleted and redownloaded a huge hassle from show to show.
2. I like to have everything stored on my computer and in dropbox which just kind of gets annoying putting it in your file and then in the dropbox file, but if yo uare ok with it just being on dropbox that is fine.
3. Yes as everyone else said it does the multiple copies thing which will make you crazy if you are typing a script or something.
It works well when only used by the sms allowing other people to have access to it is dangerous, you could only share certain folders with them, but like I said before...hassle. I personally like it for my own use.
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Employment / Re: Civilian Jobs?
« on: May 10, 2011, 11:21 am »
I certainly have no experience in this situation but I can say two things:
1. Parents do have great advice, and know a lot it's true. But it's really hard to explain to them wha you don't even know yourself, Get some experience in the program talk to alumni, faculty, etc. When you atart having facts to back up your feelings your parents will come around. plus really how many majors in college automatically come with a job attached? Not that many...My friend who just graduated with a degree in Stage Management got a job at a law firm, so you never know...
2. You can be a stage manager and be settled not every stage manager is working gig to gig, at many of the regional theatres in my area they use the same stage manager on each show, they have been working there for years.
1. Parents do have great advice, and know a lot it's true. But it's really hard to explain to them wha you don't even know yourself, Get some experience in the program talk to alumni, faculty, etc. When you atart having facts to back up your feelings your parents will come around. plus really how many majors in college automatically come with a job attached? Not that many...My friend who just graduated with a degree in Stage Management got a job at a law firm, so you never know...
2. You can be a stage manager and be settled not every stage manager is working gig to gig, at many of the regional theatres in my area they use the same stage manager on each show, they have been working there for years.