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Introductions / Re: Is this thing on...?
« on: Mar 29, 2013, 04:10 pm »
Hi and welcome to the boards, Erin!
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: PROP FOOD: Ketchup that isn't ketchup
« on: Mar 24, 2013, 06:41 pm »White custard with red food colouring? (Make a batch once a week. Those ingredients would probably cost about the same as a can of frosting, and you can dump the leftover milk in the green room for people's coffee.)
The other thing with custard is that it's about as thick and runny as ketchup. I haven't made this recipe, but if it's like the yellow kind, it should work.
Similarly, pudding with a TON of red food coloring would be about the same consistency.
EDIT: Also fairly cheap/easy to make.
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Introductions / Re: Just Another Lurker Saying Hello
« on: Mar 24, 2013, 03:44 pm »
Hi and welcome to the forum, Erin! Take a look at the Internship Survey (in the upper right-hand corner of the page) for info on internships that other members have completed, if you haven't already. Are you planning on staying in Florida after the summer, or moving elsewhere?
Congrats on your upcoming graduation!
Maribeth
Congrats on your upcoming graduation!
Maribeth
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: NEW WORKS: Distributing script changes
« on: Mar 24, 2013, 01:16 pm »
I'm working on several new plays this year, so I have been revisiting all of the threads about script changes often. Lots of great advice!
One thing that I did not do on my current play, but will for the next one: Maintain a set of mailboxes or folders to keep track of distributed pages. On my current show, I was vigilant about tracking the (daily) script changes, printing and distributing new pages, posting and distributing a script change log, and keeping a "master script" in the rehearsal room. It was a small cast and not that hard to keep track of who needed new pages.
However, we had understudies in rehearsal some days but not others. Every time the understudies would be there, I would have to dig through my stack of extra new pages to distribute and figure out which ones they needed. For my next show, I will get a filing box with a folder for each actor, and distribute changes that way.
One thing that I did not do on my current play, but will for the next one: Maintain a set of mailboxes or folders to keep track of distributed pages. On my current show, I was vigilant about tracking the (daily) script changes, printing and distributing new pages, posting and distributing a script change log, and keeping a "master script" in the rehearsal room. It was a small cast and not that hard to keep track of who needed new pages.
However, we had understudies in rehearsal some days but not others. Every time the understudies would be there, I would have to dig through my stack of extra new pages to distribute and figure out which ones they needed. For my next show, I will get a filing box with a folder for each actor, and distribute changes that way.
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Commercial Mobile Alert System
« on: Mar 21, 2013, 06:56 pm »
I haven't been in the same situation, but have you looked at other alert systems? I get text messages and emails for weather emergencies in my area. They also will alert me for other emergency situations like a broken water main. No loud buzzy tone. The ones I use are through the local government and not the Commercial Mobile Alert, though.
However, if the warnings are not very frequent, and only in the case of true emergencies like tornadoes, it would seem like the advantage outweighed the disturbance. (If you get them several times a day or week, I might reconsider).
However, if the warnings are not very frequent, and only in the case of true emergencies like tornadoes, it would seem like the advantage outweighed the disturbance. (If you get them several times a day or week, I might reconsider).
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The Hardline / Re: IATSE
« on: Mar 21, 2013, 04:54 pm »
Yes- check with your local. Conveniently, I was at the theatre when I read this post and asked the IA guys standing next to me. They said that there's no centralized set of rules, it varies from house to house, but when working at a new house, find out who the shop steward is and ask them. (It's not always the "head" person).
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Employment / Re: Resumes - jobs in a few months
« on: Mar 19, 2013, 01:45 pm »
I usually list upcoming projects with an asterisk and then a little note below that says " *Upcoming Production ".
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Self-Promotion / Jason Invisible at the Kennedy Center (Shadowing possibility)
« on: Mar 18, 2013, 10:04 am »
I'm currently in tech for Jason Invisible, a TYA show at the Kennedy Center. It's geared towards middle school aged students and addresses some tough topics, like mental illness, but is also funny and I think it's going to look great! We open this Saturday. I am open to shadowing- please PM me for details.
Jason Invisible
Kennedy Center Family Theatre
dir. by Rosemary Newcott
March 23-April 11
Jason Invisible
Kennedy Center Family Theatre
dir. by Rosemary Newcott
March 23-April 11
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Tools of the Trade / Re: [FAQ] Electronic Prompt Copies
« on: Mar 15, 2013, 12:11 am »One thing I like about the newer editions of Word- I find that when doing digital calling scripts, I don't like to spend a lot of time formatting and re-formatting the callout boxes themselves, so I edit a blank callout until it suits me, and then save it as a "Quick Part". I end up with a blank "standby" bubble, a box with a tail (for cues called off of a line), a box with no tail (for visual cues), etc that I can pull up quickly. I don't remember seeing this feature in older versions (or maybe I just didn't know about it). But it saves me a lot of time when typing up cues.
I just figured out a way to save these callouts as a "Gallery", so you can save all the different shapes you use on a menu above the text and quickly pull the one you need into the document. (Basically the same thing, but I'm using OpenOffice on this computer and it works a little differently).
On the "Tools" menu- select "Gallery", which pulls down the gallery to sit at the top of the page. Select the object with the cursor, release it, then click and hold for 2 seconds, and continue dragging it onto the Gallery. The Gallery stays saved even after the program closes so you can use it from show to show.
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The Green Room / Re: Daylight Savings Time
« on: Mar 10, 2013, 11:59 am »I had a sign posted on the callboard all week. When I warned the show's final series of cues last night, I reminded everyone on headset, one last time, to set their clocks ahead. And....when I got down to the Green Room after the performance, someone had set the clock there, one hour BACK. Guess how we'll know who that was?
Haha! Amazingly everyone showed up on time today. Woo!
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The Green Room / Daylight Savings Time
« on: Mar 09, 2013, 04:46 pm »
Don't forget to set your clocks forward tonight!
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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: BLOCKING: Looking for Examples of Blocking Pages
« on: Mar 09, 2013, 12:30 pm »
Check a few posts up- I uploaded an example.
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Employment / Re: Job Applying Words of Wisdom to College Graduates
« on: Mar 06, 2013, 12:11 am »My cover letter is usually the body of the email unless a posting specifically asks for an attached cover letter. I only hear good things back about doing it this way. Anyone have a different experience?
I've never had a problem with this method.