Recent content by gpq

Sorry for the misspelling, but we did have this strange women roaming about backstage. That might explain it. We'll try to change the universe, that makes sense, although it doesn't explain why we never had this problem for ten years. I"ll bet it's that **** woman coming in every night to...

I've been trying to help out my old school (I was the TD/ Theatre Arts teacher) with some issues. We have two Veralite intelligent lights and an ETC 48/96 board. We've used them for a number of years with no problem. However, for this past show, when we set up (patch) and run the Veralites...

Well, the character with the paper is not the type to read the Times. but all the posts have been really helpful. Thanks!!

That's what we have always done, although on closing night the director liked to have the crew who could come on stage for a bow and a thank you (my director would include flowers for my crew chief). that's not a bad thing, but I always made sure they knew that they were not done working, since...

We're doing a show which takes place very specifically on Sept. 29, 1957- the day of the last baseball games the Dodgers and the Giants played in New York. How can I get my hands on a facsimile of that day's newspapers- the Herald Tribune or the Daily Mail (not the Times)?Also, what was the...

Our sound designer mentioned that he might have a way to rig a phone to make it ring onstage. That's much better than the stupid ringing a phone through the sound system. I'd like to steal a march on him and and walk into the next rehearsal with a real phone that I can ring on command. Anyone...

Thanks all for help and suggestions. We made a nice holder out of aluminum pie pan, worked hard to get everything lined up and focused (and oh yes, paperclips were used.) Very happy, proud of our work. You know what happened. The director changed her mind; gobo cut.But thanks again for...

I apologize if I missed a post, but I need a gobo holder for an Altman ellipsoidal. My local lighting supply store didn't have one, and we tech this week, so I thought I'd try to make one myself. I've made gobos myself before, but never the holder. Has anyone tried to make one themselves...

I’m working in a theater with a ETC Express 48/96 board, and two Vari*Lite VL 1000 ERS luminaries. The instruments have their addresses assigned (starting at dimmer 200), and everything looks to be set up ok. However, I’m not sure how to make the board talk to and control the lights. The...

When I was teaching HS, the crew was required to wear black, unless the deck crew had costumes, which we sometimes did. If they didn't wear black, they had to listen to some of my stories about shows when I didn't wear black. Also, we had crew shirts, some of which were black on black. But...