Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Tech rehearsals w/o lights?! NO

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   We do our shows in a local church and it just hit me today ... we had to reschedule half of our season to work around school events (testing, prom, band contests, etc.) so two of our shows will be staged on a Sunday, rather than on a Saturday.

Well, our tech rehearsals are on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, which means we really can't set ANYTHING up until Sunday after services!  So I've pondered on this all day and have decided that we simply can't run a tech rehearsal w/o lights, now can we.  Everything gets loaded in on Friday and then taken down after our rehearsal on Saturday, then put back up 2 1/2 hours before call.  Nothing like making opening even more stressful!  EGADS!!!

(Add that to the fact that I have to lay a beard before the show, too!) 

Anyone have any Tylenol?  I'm going to need it!  :o)

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Nanette Celebrity Joined: 8/01/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 399	Topic: Tech rehearsals w/o lights?! NO Posted: 11/26/07 at 6:24pm
	We do our shows in a local church and it just hit me today ... we had to reschedule half of our season to work around school events (testing, prom, band contests, etc.) so two of our shows will be staged on a Sunday, rather than on a Saturday. Well, our tech rehearsals are on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, which means we really can't set ANYTHING up until Sunday after services! So I've pondered on this all day and have decided that we simply can't run a tech rehearsal w/o lights, now can we. Everything gets loaded in on Friday and then taken down after our rehearsal on Saturday, then put back up 2 1/2 hours before call. Nothing like making opening even more stressful! EGADS!!! (Add that to the fact that I have to lay a beard before the show, too!) Anyone have any Tylenol? I'm going to need it! :o)
	In a world of margarine, be butter!

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JoeMc Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832	Posted: 11/26/07 at 8:24pm
	As most shows I have done, the numerical majority of cues are based & hinged around the lighting. Which normally is the bench mark for all the other type of cues to dove tail into. on the running sheet. Unless the the show is blat focused with general wash & maybe a few specials thrown in, going without a tech can be achieved, depending on the techies doing it? Winging it can bring out unexpected creative accidents, but it is something that should be avoided, as it is a hit or miss situation. Is there anyway the set &/or lighting re-bump in time can be reduced? Like leaving the lighting rigged or what ever. Thus holding a tech before the show call?
	[western] Gondawandaland "Hear the light & see the sound! TOI TOI CHOOKAS {may you always play to a full house!}
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Nanette Celebrity Joined: 8/01/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 399	Posted: 11/27/07 at 10:03am
	We use a general wash so it isn't a focus issue. It's getting the kids familiar with what the lights will be like when they are on stage. We might be able to leave the lights up from the tech and just re-run the cables just before the show. I can get my better half to tape them down for me while I oversee everything else.
	In a world of margarine, be butter!
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MartyW Celebrity Joined: 2/02/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 555	Posted: 11/27/07 at 11:32am
	Thats no fun at all... by the way... does your topic title make you No No Nanette? (apologies to anyone to young to remember)
	Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.."
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