Recent content by milan

Les, and TheatreEd: I agree that there should be challenging work. But we have a problem with work ethics too. Students can't seem to commit to learning lines. Parents can't seem to refrain from pulling them from rehearsal for their own needs. It's tragic. Plus, the community had been soured by...

I wanted to weigh in on the TD in High Schools issue. I am now in my 3rd year after being added to this high school. There is no Performing Arts Department for drama or a way to solve "my way or the highway" issues with picky teachers. (sigh) But, when I arrived, I took on the job of TD for the...

Teaching the tech theatre side is a challenging and interesting job. I recently got into that myself and feel like shop teacher. I have noticed, with our program, the students can build shows, run shows, and do shop projects. So I've kind of restarted my own shop program. I'm very paranoid about...

I'm surprised there's no replies to this yet. It should be for the students. However, the director in my theatre gets frustrated with the idea of strong "appropriate" classics repeated year after year. Our district is different than most. Our parents are so conservative that even minor language...

I recently did a show called "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds" for our high school theatre. We set the play inside a greenhouse that was both home and garden combined. In it I created four curved "seats" that from a top view were the parts of a radiation symbol. I actually...

Good luck on the show! We did this at the Univ of OK when I was an undergrad. We had a sock puppet in a rigged plastic pot for the first Audrey II. As it grows we added one to a coat with a fake arm for a larger Audrey II. The third form was a pvc frame with fabric, and layers of foam. The actor...

Hello fellow TDs. I just became a TD for my alma matter! Odd being back. Anyway, I have the same issue. Lack of interest. However, our situation is a bit odd. We've split technicians into two classes Theatre Tech and Stagecraft. The former learns lighting, minor videography, and sound...

I'm surprised my school doesn't even have them. They built a new theatre 10 years ago and we're just getting around to buying some. Wow! lol

BTW Tex that "juke box" set was an awsome concept. I never even jumped to that. I need to think outside the box more. :)

Hey Mike i'm down in OKlahoma so still finding my local treasure hot spots!

Interesting ideas! Sorry I have been busy, my budget is about 1200 for the whole show. That is lighting and scenic/props. We're just a high school but I'm still amazed we have that as a budget. I do have a golf cart I plan to use now. So I think I may pull the panels off of that and carve foam...

Do you use a local supplier? Cause it looks like Lowe's is a $15 difference between lauan and birch?! Thanks

Another help question folks. We are doing Grease. And there is a car set unit that is about 10 yrs old I may be able to borrow. But I kind of want to get a nice one specifically created for our production and don't want to dive the '54 Bel Aire that I could borrow on stage. I was thinking...

Re: Stage Dimensions BTW: Good luck on your search... see if you can demo boards and lights before you buy. Plus, in addition to previous comments, there are also DMX relay packs that are wireless. You could set a transmitter at the board location and the DMX signal can go to each truss...

-- To be honest I've had nothing but problems with Chauvet. I don't know if it is their moving lights or ETCs console. We have had trouble creating a profile to get the Chauvet Legend 550 Spots and Chauvet QBeam 260 LED lights working. When we upgraded the board the profiles were finally added...