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We had the EXACT same problem when my high school did productions. Our stage is actually in a gym - so the hardwood basketball floor SUCKS for audio. Also, the sound system on the stage was built to be a PA system, not for shows. There are a few things we did to overcome this: One, study...

I was wondering if anyone knew of any good way to obtain used lighting? Since I graduated from my high school (which is a half hour from where I go to college), I have become heavily involved in trying to have our theatre and fine arts department grow. HOWEVER, we do not have alot of financial...

Well, the show came and went, and we ended up not using a curtain with a quick release. That was really just to give a really awesome finale sequence. However, there was also some stage illusion going on behind the scenes. The whole point of the drop curtain was to project the image of a...

Awesome. Thanks guys. Well, we ended up getting 2 body mics from Target (Memorex brand, for $19 a piece-- what a deal!) and they picked up perfect throughout the house. One problem-- we could only turn on one at a time because they transmit on the same frequency. So... only our lead could have...

Okay, let me clarify something. When I said "curtain", I meant I am lifting a very thin sheet (the thickness and weight of a bedsheet) NOT a full velvetine curtain. Also, our stage doesn't go up 21 feet. It goes up about 8 feet. I'm raising the curtain just above the sightline, so we can project...

I need to drop a 4 meter high curtain (86 inches wide roughly) from about 3 meters in the air. It needs to be hoisted up from around a table via 30 lb fishing line (i'm using a total of 4 strands, 2 in the middle and 2 on the ends). I need to be able to drop the entire curtain on cue, all the...

Thanks for all the responses and advice guys. I think I might try to go with an ear-mic on a wire, extending out about an inch or so from the ear. I've gone over the fact that the lead will be the only one with a body mic with the cast and everyone seems fine with it now, but I know that when we...

Okay, I've posted here before. Sorry for the constant berrage of questions. This is our first musical that my school has ever done, and only a few of our actors have done musicals before. I have never done one before, neither as a sound/light tech nor as a player. Anyway, I realized that we have...

Does anyone know of a program that would allow us to run multiple digital projectors off of one Mac? Each projector needs to have its own video channel. There's a total of 3 projectors.

We did something similar to the throat slitting years ago when I was in middle school for Hercules but ended up abandoning it because the director thought it was gruesome. Instead of trying to hid surgical tubing under latex or anything in front of the neck, we took a peice of clear flexible PVC...

Thought I'd go ahead and give an update on my progress. Yes, I have called around and thanks to some of my drama geek buddies (who owe me favors), I might be able to use some excess lighting equiptment from the University, which has lighting coming out the a**. However, this is up in the air...

I've taken your advice and called the few rental places there are around here (I live a medium-sized town in Alabama). However, most of these places have never even heard of scanners, let alone carry them. The closest place that carries scanners is about 2 hours away, and they rent them per...

i've heard i need to use a hazer, but i really don't want to do that. In the past when we used fog machines is caused an asthma nightmare in rehearsal and set off the fire alarms. I'll look into a hazer though, check out pricing or see if i can build one. as i understand it, it's just a...

Hey All, I am new to this forum but I would like to get some input.I am in a my high school drama group. This year we are trying to blow everyone away with a great show (long story and I won't bore you with it) but my high school is small, and we really don't have a budget. So, I'm building...