I am doing the sound design for a production of Once On This Island. I will be having 12 body packs for the actors with parts… but there is a lot of quiet chorus work. The pit is very percussive instrument heavy… with only the piano… the choir is heard well and is at a good level but when the whole pit plays.. they are lost… not entirely… but there is no presence and clarity from them… what are some solutions for area micing? PCC’s on the front of the stage are out of the question because there is A LOT of dancing and the sound of the dancers movement will over power the choir… Is hanging an option (obviously not PCC’s)… or shotguns… can you hang shotguns?