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Anybody live in Beunos Aires? or has anyone been there recently I'm going to spend the next 2 years there and would like some information. Thanks.

This show won't be until November so I'm not sure on any details right now. The story is basically the Bible (old testament) Mainly Adam, Eve, The Creation, Noah and the ark, etc. One thing I would like as many ideas as possible is the forbidden tree and the fruit. The tree is destroyed and...

Ever since my high school director told me about this musical I was extremely excited for some reason. I hadn't heard in the music or anything but I just loved the idea I guess. He has finally decided to put it on, but now I am out of High School. He has asked me to come back and help him out...

At my school we have pretty nice equipment, however whoever was hired to put it in, or a techie who thought they knew what they were doing really screwed up our wiring. We have an assistive listening device, 10 or so Shure SM83 wireless recievers, 2 CD/Tape decks, I just fixed one tape deck so...

I have always envyed the other theatres that I have seen with the open balconies in the back. We have the closed booths and it is very difficult to actually hear what the audience is hearing. You have to actually lean over the board and stick your head out of the booth to hear the actual...

I'm doing lights for our small town beauty pageant this week and I would love to have some ideas from anyone who can offer them. Do keep in mind that I am working with some really ghetto stuff and I only think we have 14 Source Fours, 10 or 15 ellipsoidals, and an abundance of 6" fresnels. Our...

Submasters save my life in so many ways. I have done lighting for many events but dance concerts I have done an abundance of. And unless the lighting gets extremely difficult I prefer to to all the cues manually using subs. Having many subs also makes it much easier to do cues. At many of...

Hey, One cool idea that looked really good onstage was to attatch little mirrors or reflective pieces of fabric (double sided) to string or wire and hang that infront of your cyc or scrim. It doesnt involve electricity which kinda takes out your idea of chasing lights but it also is not a...

Has anyone done any Tennessee Williams plays. They are kind of strange if you have ever read one and I am trying to get some kind of explanation out of "The Glass Menagerie" I could also use some suggestions on the set so any help would be useful. Thank you.

Has anyone done any Tennessee Williams plays. They are kind of strange if you have ever read one and I am trying to get some kind of explanation out of "The Glass Menagerie" I could also use some suggestions on the set so any help would be useful. Thank you.

Our crew here in American Fork had preciously been on 9.6v Makitas. While these drills still work they are slow and very frustrating to work with. 3 years ago we bought 4 new 12 v Dewalts. They are like miracle working machines. They could use some more power occasionally and we do have one...

Just a quick question. Does Swag stand for something or is it just a slang term??

:!: :?: Well Im a high school student and have only used soft flats once and that was a play in 8th or 9th grade. I would start out my getting four 1 by 4 boards. Two that are 11' 9 and a half " and two that are 5' 9 and half ". The reason being is that dove-tailing the frame will give it...