Thursday, March 25, 2010
Jo Broin' It
Just thought I'd point out that while having a super sexy sleepover with Vince and Allison, we found the Jonas Brothers on chatroulette. Yeah...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Taming a Few Shrews
I had a school project where I figured a scene I did last year for drama class would fit perfectly. I used Act 2 Scene 1 from The Taming of the Shrew. Last week I stopped by my old high school so I could film the scene with my lovely friend Delaney. Here is that video:
A shout-out to Stew for taking the time out of his day to film this for us. Thanks!
A shout-out to Stew for taking the time out of his day to film this for us. Thanks!
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Monday, March 22, 2010
A Balancing Act
Went into work on Sunday to help Mr. Mirenda figure out some stuff concerning how to get power to some lighting fixtures on the set pieces. For the past several weeks, Mr. Mirenda has been working on set pieces and entire walls that will be flown up into the rafters of the theater. Below is one such wall:
It is a set of "all too necessary" jail cells for the jailhouse scene. You can kind of see the elevator set on the very left side of the screen. So far there are just a lot of half finished sets, but they look stellar so far. I will hopefully be going into rehearsal later this week to see a few numbers and scenes so I can make sure I can be ready to hang and focus lights when all our equipment comes in next week. I have a lot of work ahead of me!
This thing weighs something like 1,300 lbs. It's pretty massive. The top half isn't finished yet, but when it is, it'll look amazing. There are two sconce lights on the walls (one of them is lit on stage left). We decided that we would run cables behind the wall and up to the baton at the top. From there, the cables will run along the baton and up to the loading gallery located way up high above stage left. We will be doing the same thing for a couple of lights that will be flown in for the speakeasy scene. Here is another piece of set Mr. Mirenda and his guys have been busy tinkering away on.
It is a set of "all too necessary" jail cells for the jailhouse scene. You can kind of see the elevator set on the very left side of the screen. So far there are just a lot of half finished sets, but they look stellar so far. I will hopefully be going into rehearsal later this week to see a few numbers and scenes so I can make sure I can be ready to hang and focus lights when all our equipment comes in next week. I have a lot of work ahead of me!
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Monday, March 15, 2010
I've been monitoring my behavior
So after wanting one for a while and doing a ton of research, I finally decided to get a monitor for my computer. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my MacBook Pro, but frankly, the 13.3" screen gets a little frustrating to use all of the time when I have so many applications open (Skype, Tweetie, Chrome/Safari, iTunes, etc.). But now, I can have everything I want to have open, and still have all of the room I need to see everything. Basically, using my computer at home just got a thousand times more enjoyable!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Marcy Park: Recent Transfer
My good friend Lexie will be staring as Marcy Park in the upcoming production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at Children's Musical Theater San Jose (CMTSJ). This show is hilarious and so much fun to watch! Everyone needs to come see it because it will be amazing! Buy tickets now at CMTSJ's website. "I speak six languages!"
Every Little Step
Went to work on Saturday and got caught up on how things are running tech-wise with Mr. Mirenda, a dad of a student at St. Francis who builds the sets every year. Him and I sat down and discussed several options and ideas that we both have for set ideas. Basically we will be having one backdrop of a city skyline that will be flown in on the very back wall that way I can light it using my cyc lights.
We will also be having large window frames flown in for all of the office scenes. Here is a sketch done by Delaney. She helps design the set for all the shows. She's got crazy talent.
We will also be having large window frames flown in for all of the office scenes. Here is a sketch done by Delaney. She helps design the set for all the shows. She's got crazy talent.
She's also come up with a great piece of set for the laundry room scenes that when turned around will double as the set for the lobby of the Hotel Priscilla.
Set for the laundry room scenes.
The lobby set piece.
From there, we will also have another set of windows that will fly in for the party scene at Muzzy's estate. Again, a gorgeous set idea set forth by the fabulous Delaney.
And lastly, Mr. Mirenda has provided us with two dimmer switches that will be used for those Source Four Follow Spots that I have been craving. These things are perfect and exactly what I was looking for! All I will need to do is switch out their plugs with stage pins and we are all set. A shout out to Mr. Mirenda for being such a superstar!
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