Perfect Stage Crew: The Compleat Technical Guide for High School, College and Community Theater

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Author: John Kaluta

ISBN-10: 1581153155

ISBN-13: 9781581153156

Category: Stagecraft

Here is a must-have book for anyone producing a stage show without a Broadway-sized budget. The Perfect Stage Crew shows how you can pull off a stunning production in less than forty days -- even if you are lacking in resources. An invaluable guide for middle and high school, college, and community theaters, The Perfect Stage Crew provides solutions to the most common and complex stage and crew problems. Chapters also cover such crucial topics as running technical rehearsals, gathering props,...

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Kaluta, a public high school teacher who has overseen school and community theater productions, shows how to produce quality shows with a small budget and limited technical resources, offering solutions to the most common and complex stage and crew problems. Useful for middle and high school, college, and community theaters, the guide gives practical directions for everything from stocking and organizing backstage supplies to promoting the show, operating and repairing sound equipment, painting scenery, and selling tickets. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Preface: It's All About the ShowviiCue 1Ready1Cue 2Get Set15Cue 3Go. Scene Painting Workshop39Cue 4Go. Build the Thing Already59Cue 5Go. Fix the Lights91Cue 6Go. Fix the Sound117Cue 7Go. Publicity137Cue 8Go. Rehearsals, and Life145Cue 9Go. Working Backstage155Cue 10Go. Patching the Lights165Cue 11Go. More on Sound193Cue 12Go. Setting Cues199Cue 13Go. The Week Before the Show209Cue 14Go. Curtain Up213Cue 15Go Home, the Show's Over221Acknowledgments227Appendixes231Index236