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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Sound Booth Clean?

« on: Apr 23, 2008, 01:15 pm »

A clean office is a productive office.
I can't stand clutter or disarray for more than a day.

Professionals are organized and clean, tell them that.
Sounds like they need a babysitter.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Can A Stage Manager Give A Dirty Sound Techie The Boot?

« on: Apr 23, 2008, 01:13 pm »

Who is their boss?(TD etc...)

They need to be put into their place.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Peter Pan

« on: Apr 22, 2008, 01:39 am »

One important thing to remember is that every company out there who does human flying (especially Sapsis and ZFX) are all off-shoots of Flying by Foy.  The founders of these companies are Foy trained riggers who left to start their own company.

"Uncle Bill" Sapsis first flew people in a tire swing.
http://livedesignonline.com/mag/show_business_bill_sapsis/

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Uploaded Forms / Re: Sound and Lights

« on: Apr 20, 2008, 08:54 pm »

This is my mic list from our recent production of FAME.

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Fire Effect - need help FAST!

« on: Apr 15, 2008, 10:35 pm »

I remember smoke liquid from some model trains, but I don't recall exactly how they worked.

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Further research reveals that a small heater heats up a metal surface that causes the liquid to react.
I would think that a solid surface hotplate or mug warmer would work just as well.

You should be able to get it at any hobby shop that has model trains.

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Tools of the Trade / Re: Luminescent Liquid Effect

« on: Apr 05, 2008, 04:00 pm »

Glow sticks are a great example of a simple chemical reaction with spectacular results.

"How Light Sticks Work"

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Employment / Re: Changing lanes.....

« on: Apr 05, 2008, 03:53 pm »

that's not exactly a transition AWAY from theatre, now is it?

I meant rock and roll, but whatever.
I have a hard time separating what people call "real jobs" from the EI world.

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Employment / Re: Changing lanes.....

« on: Apr 04, 2008, 09:31 pm »

Ever think about tour management?

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Set Modifications the SM's responsibility?!?!?

« on: Apr 01, 2008, 01:06 am »

The audience walks on this you say?
That just became a code enforcement problem, and if it's blocking a handicapped entrance, an ADA problem.
Maybe point that out, casually.

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SMNetwork Archives / Re: Disease Prevention Techniques

« on: Mar 31, 2008, 01:13 pm »

AIRBOURNE!!!!

Does absolutely nothing, and they are getting sued for it.

If you do get a cold- Cold-EEZE is pretty cool, it helps shorten the duration of your illness with a bunch of herbs and stuff.
Do not drink anything with citrus in it or brush your teeth for an hour before or after, as it makes you want to vomit.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: Trouble Finding Support.

« on: Mar 21, 2008, 04:05 pm »

"Get a real job"
I can't tell you how many times I have heard people say their parents told them that.
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If you do what you have chosen the absolute best way you know how, they will have no reason to be ashamed of you.
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A decent idea might be something like having a business minor in college as a backup to reassure your parents that you haven't "put all your eggs in one basket" so to speak.

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Students and Novice Stage Managers / Re: SM's problem with techies...

« on: Mar 18, 2008, 03:50 pm »

Step 2 would be to stop calling them techies... Most Techs I know would rip someones teeth out for calling them a techie (myself included)

I couldn't agree more.
It is considered demeaning in the professional world.

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Uploaded Forms / Re: Mic Tracking Chart

« on: Mar 18, 2008, 01:44 am »

The entire prologue is done with the curtains closed on the apron so choir mics are useless at that point.

Why is the front of the stage not miked?

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Stage Management: Plays & Musicals / Re: Question about - "No Sex Please, We're British"

« on: Mar 17, 2008, 03:47 pm »

I once saw a production where they had a badly installed mechanical hatch and it closed on the actor's head during a performance.

Ouch, somebody obviously skimped on hardware.

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Uploaded Forms / Re: Mic Tracking Chart

« on: Mar 17, 2008, 03:46 pm »

unit------------ACT [1] S1/ S2/ S3 /S4 S5/ Etc..
Much more spread out obviously
Name under each scene, I usually include the character in parentheses.
Depending on what kind/ how much help you have you may want to record to frequencies and such also.
In case somebody figures out how to play with buttons during intermission.