Recent content by CrisCole

Sharkstooth scrim. Pain the backdrop as a bare tree, and the sharkstooth scrim as a lush one, then fade the lights.

Sounds more like a Larson show to me...

When we did a Bill of One Acts, there was a bit where people would get on an elevator and ride it up, each group stopping, and getting off onto different floors.We had three flats. One was the 'back' of the elevator, and two were the doors. The two 'doors' were flies. The 'doors' opened, and...

Hmm. I always heard it was where they used to have the Standby and Understudies wait, and they would watch the show in envy, because they didn't get the role. They were 'green' with envy.

We've always used a strobe sign when we're doing work up top.It's like a "Wet Floor" style sign that folds out, but it says "Caution: Danger of Falling Items" and it has a red-orange strobe on top of it.

Indeed, the man who yelled "Moby Dick!" was fired.I've personally never heard "Look out Below" but I can imagine it has been used."Behind You" is a phrase I've used many times. :)The only problem I've had with "Heads" is that many times I've heard technicians call "Heads" to signify a...

I've cited many Wedding and Party DJs for using a CO2 fire extinguisher to accomplish the same effect.Stupid idea.

Alright, so, this is a stupid question, but how do I blog around here? I notice on my profile at CB it has a blog section, but there is no place for me to create a new post. How do I do so? Perhaps I'm just stupid...

The FO7 Fogger is the one we used for the effect with the pipe. I imagine with some creativity, one could do many things with it.

Not to hijack the thread, but has anyone dealt with blue-tooth beltbacks? One of the traveling shows had a blue-tooth device plugged into their beltpack, and the other end into the wall, where you would normally have a cord.Where can one acquire something like this?

I'm sorry. Fore. I'm not a golfer...I've heard "Heads" used more than anything, but when I started working at this theatre, they all called "Fore".I just haven't bothered to change it, because everyone knows the meaning.

Sugar Honey Ice Tea.I'm sorry, I mean lighter. I don't know why I said match. Sorry!

I'm curious. Some theatre's call "Heads!" when they drop something (God forbid) from the catwalk. Others I've heard call "Timber!" other odd words. Generally whatever the word, it is a safety word that everyone who enters the theatre knows, and knows the meaning of.At my theatre, we call...

This makes me laugh a lot. Our house manager is a large black woman that is very similar to Tyler Perry's Medea.She made a stage manager from a professional B-way tour cast (who shall go unnamed) cry.Not to hijack this thread, but a quick anecdote:During a one-off ballet there was a...

Drool, drool, drool. I want one of those! I didn't even know that was out there. I suppose now I must get an iPad, if not just for this app:!: