Yep... Gaff's thinking about writing a book. Not really sure about this yet but I'm thinking about it.
There are a lot of great books out there but very few simple books for the lost. "Technical Theater for Non-Technical People" is an excellent book but it's more general... I get the feeling the target audience was community theater, churches, and beginning college students (I use it as the text for my college intro class). I'm thinking about writing something similar in style (fun and easy on the tech jargon) but focused specifically on educational theater. Something to help the lost drama teachers out there who think running recorded cues on an Express can somehow lock up the dimmers.
Has anyone seen anything out there specifically targeted to help teachers run high school/middle school theater tech programs? Does anyone have any experience trying to get a trade book like this published? I know nothing about how that works.
Also if you are one of those lost high school teachers trying to get a grip. Please send me a private message. I would love to get input from you on questions you would like answered in such a book.
There are a lot of great books out there but very few simple books for the lost. "Technical Theater for Non-Technical People" is an excellent book but it's more general... I get the feeling the target audience was community theater, churches, and beginning college students (I use it as the text for my college intro class). I'm thinking about writing something similar in style (fun and easy on the tech jargon) but focused specifically on educational theater. Something to help the lost drama teachers out there who think running recorded cues on an Express can somehow lock up the dimmers.
Has anyone seen anything out there specifically targeted to help teachers run high school/middle school theater tech programs? Does anyone have any experience trying to get a trade book like this published? I know nothing about how that works.
Also if you are one of those lost high school teachers trying to get a grip. Please send me a private message. I would love to get input from you on questions you would like answered in such a book.