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    Booth Pictures :)

    Our small community theater operates out of a retired movie theater. The control booth is in the balcony. No enclosure. Audience can hear people in balcony even if we speak in low tones. Before I stage-managed "9 to 5" with them, someone had decided that the stage manager couldn't call shows...
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    Booth Pictures :)

    Makes me think of a 911 Communications Center.
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    What's the inspiration behind your user name?

    It's my grandmother's name. It's unusual, and therefore it's unlikely I'll run into a message that "there is already a user with that name" when I join a forum.
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    What inspired you to get into technical theatre?

    In 1978 I had a small role in a play and it gave me plenty of time to observe what the stage manager was doing. I said to myself, "I can do that." I stage managed the very next show and fell in love with it.
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    Booth Pictures :)

    A posed shot of the crew, early 1980s, showing the stage-manager's booth with ASM calling cues, light board operator next to patch panel, PSM and grips. This show had less than 100 cues, which is why the light tech looks so bored. It's also why the ASM is calling. It was a good training show.
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    Booth Pictures :)

    Me in the first booth I worked in, 1979, stage left, just a podium with room for my prompt script and a headset. The light board operator used a two-scene manual preset board in the wings behind me. I called hundreds of cues every show. I think the max was around 500. I loved it! (The show...
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