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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #45 on: May 26, 2012, 12:38 am »
The theatre has developed personal teleportation devices that are distributed to company members. They connect from wherever the person may be prior to rehearsal DIRECTLY to the rehearsal space / theater. No one is ever late due to traffic / subways / slow elevators / etc.


This same technology can be applied to calling places as well.
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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #46 on: May 28, 2012, 10:37 pm »

5. The rehearsal room will be exactly the same size as the stage.


But not exactly the same size as the stage.  Because I worked in a theatre once where they had done exactly that.  Which was great for the actors... but there was nowhere for directors, stage management or anyone else to sit!  Unless they, you know, used some of the 'stage' area which totally defeated the point.  So... full stage plus a bit extra on all sides would be my vote

And you don't have to use the same sink for coffee and cleaning up paintbrushes and laundry.  A totally separate, well-designed kitchen AND laundry AND wet area would be great.

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #47 on: May 28, 2012, 11:57 pm »
The entire building (except for areas like catwalks and crawlspaces) is wheelchair-accessible and barrier-free, so that when you get the once-a-decade visitor who requires accessibility support, you don't spend half the tour apologizing, finding fixes, bumping them up steps, carrying them through doorways sideways, and otherwise making jackasses of yourselves while flagrantly violating disability legislation.

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #48 on: May 30, 2012, 12:32 pm »
The theater is situated in a place with ample outdoor space (sheltered and open) so company members can be OUTSIDE even during tech, on 10s and meal breaks.

Large lockers are available to all employees, so workout and rehearsal clothes, picnic gear, snacks, meals, warmup and exercise tools, sunblock, toiletries and books can be kept on site.

The showers always have hot water, and never leak or spray water across the entire dressing room/restroom.

The trap room and other clean, quiet, well-ventilated spaces are equipped with dimmable lights... and have properly placed, weight-bearing hooks rated above 500lbs. along the walls. These hooks not only provide a way to elevate the cable runs from space to space, but are also used for nap time - when, in the course of an exceptionally long day, employees are encouraged to bring sturdy, safe hammocks to work, so they can rest during longer breaks.
 

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #49 on: May 30, 2012, 02:14 pm »

The trap room and other clean, quiet, well-ventilated spaces are equipped with dimmable lights... and have properly placed, weight-bearing hooks rated above 500lbs. along the walls. These hooks not only provide a way to elevate the cable runs from space to space, but are also used for nap time - when, in the course of an exceptionally long day, employees are encouraged to bring sturdy, safe hammocks to work, so they can rest during longer breaks.
 

Here I was about to suggest a bed in the SM office, but you just took the cake.

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #50 on: May 30, 2012, 02:49 pm »
Have we confirmed yet that all contact info is complete, and all email and phone numbers are without typos? And that the tech folks and designers read and act on/respond to notes in a timely fashion?

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #51 on: May 30, 2012, 06:30 pm »
Every single member of the production team, cast, creative team, etc., is on an amazing phone network that has 100% signal and coverage in every possible location on earth.

A special barrier will cause audience member's phones to automatically turn off upon entering the theatre.

This will only affect the audience - everyone else will have the above phone coverage.

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #52 on: May 31, 2012, 04:01 am »
Every company member has legible writing. Those who do not are sent on remedial penmanship courses until they master this basic skillset.

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #53 on: Jun 04, 2012, 03:47 pm »
Pencil Trees are available in the lobby, green room and stage management office. These trees produce a bountiful crop of HB/No. 2 pencils, require only occasional watering and no sunlight, and their fruit may be plucked daily.

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #54 on: Jun 05, 2012, 11:09 am »
In productions with a large cast, when the director is discussing a scene closely with one or two actors, everyone else in the room will sit quietly and wait, and not wander off/start looking at their phone/start chatting about anything but the show.

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #55 on: Jun 09, 2012, 05:24 am »
All actors know their own names.

("Did you remember to sign in?" "Oops! Let met do that... say, where's my name?" "They're listed alphabetically by surname." "Oh!" and I swear it still takes them half an hour to find it, even if there are only 10 names on the list...)

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #56 on: Jun 09, 2012, 02:26 pm »
Here I was about to suggest a bed in the SM office, but you just took the cake.

All the SMs HAVE adequate office space that is clean, private, and not in a closet.

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #57 on: Jun 09, 2012, 04:14 pm »
The director will never change the blocking after it has been blocked, except in dire circumstances. The blocking will always be perfect the first time it is blocked, and the actors will take dutiful notes.

As Far as High Tech Goes...

Each actor will possess a sensor in their costumes which is identified by a special spotlight. This spotlight- when programed into a cue- will follow the actor around the stage, making it impossible for the spot op to miss a cue, or overshoot the actor in question.

There will be a mobile raindeck capable of anything from an And Then There Were None window shower, to a Singin' In The Rain downpour. It will never have any complications.

The stage shall also have an optional rake setting- allowing a 360 degree rotation of the deck. There shall storage underneath that shall never interfere with movement of the deck. It shall always be unlocked- and no one shall abuse the power of the "swivel deck."

Did I mention that it also rotates to facilitate productions such as Noises Off and Crazy For You?
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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #58 on: Jun 09, 2012, 04:38 pm »
Prompt book binders shall have flat centers so it doesn't matter which hand you write with.

It never snows on opening night.

The ME shall always remember to write a bake cue.

All union breaks must sync up.

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Re: Introducing the Unicorn Rainbow Sparkly Theatre Company!
« Reply #59 on: Jun 09, 2012, 04:46 pm »
Prompt book binders shall have flat centers so it doesn't matter which hand you write with.

Yes, Please! How has someone not fixed this problem yet?!
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