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« on: Jan 31, 2013, 12:27 pm »
May I humbly suggest you plan a designer run - this is a stumble thru but gives all designers an idea of staging and is a vital element for all designers. This is usually done before the light plot is due, so they can design around specific ideas. It also allows notes to include things like "on p. 7, X is now entering thru the USL doorway instead of the DR vom" and know the LD has a reference point from their notes. The LD shd be able to give you a date to attend a designer run - or at the least, as noted above, an run for each act.
It sounds like the LD and director have not sat down and discussed concepts. This is kinda vital and needs to happen asap. But that's on their schedule. Either way, this is an classic excuse for a paper tech w the LD, director and you talking thru the play prior to tech and outside of rehearsal hours, whether in a coffee shop or at the theater, uninterrupted for 2-3 hours as the director explains his/her vision while the LD asks qqs and rough places cues.
Your response shd be to initiate a conversation w the director. You can help find time for those two links to connect, and to collect options for a designer run and a paper tech. Then, as SM, email your entire design team to inform them that these are happening, here are suggested dates for a designer run, please state preferences or offer options so it can be scheduled in enough time for the designers to do their work.
And ......good luck.
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