Wednesday, October 29, 2008
First Performance
"Odd Couple" premiered today at 2:30. The show went great I give it a 9/10. There were only few pregnant pauses and Spencer Bloom who plays Oscar was fantastic! It was a wonderful display of thespian-ism from the entire cast. I was on light board and did not mess up once. The only frustrating part was not knowing any cues and getting the curtain call music just minutes before curtain call itself. Hopefully the next two performances will be just a great if not greater!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Odd Couple
Encore is performing the show "Odd Couple" starring Spencer Bloom and Baily Griffin. The play is about a man whose wife devorces with him and he moves in with Oscar (Bloom) They are totally opposites and they try to live together. Come see what happens in this comedic New Jersey play.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Joke Wall
Yesterday, the joke wall almost fell and broke. An actor decided to move one of the 25 pound sandbags that was holding the joke wall up. Luckily, Mr. Martz held it up and it didn't brake. Oh, and in my opinion, yesterday was a 6/10.
The spotlights (including me) have improved quite a lot from the beginning.
We don't swoon as much, and we actually black out the same time sometimes!!
Another disapointing thing was that the spotlighters' names were not on the brochure.
I hope Odd Couple does great.
The spotlights (including me) have improved quite a lot from the beginning.
We don't swoon as much, and we actually black out the same time sometimes!!
Another disapointing thing was that the spotlighters' names were not on the brochure.
I hope Odd Couple does great.
Last Performance
Encore
The last show of "Laugh In" was last night and it went fairly well. Brenna was out so Philip was filling in on lights. He only messed up once near the beginning when he messed up the preset and turned the house lights on leaving the audience confused. Mr. Martz came rushing up stairs fixing all of his mistakes. Follow spots did OK last night too. Only missing and "swooping" a couple of times. Sound was also pretty nice. We only got a couple complaints that the "Wedding Music" was too loud and nobody could hear the actors. Over all I gave last night a 7/10. The actors did alright and so did the techies. We definitely had a blast doing this show and we hope to have even more fun next time for "Odd Couple"!
The last show of "Laugh In" was last night and it went fairly well. Brenna was out so Philip was filling in on lights. He only messed up once near the beginning when he messed up the preset and turned the house lights on leaving the audience confused. Mr. Martz came rushing up stairs fixing all of his mistakes. Follow spots did OK last night too. Only missing and "swooping" a couple of times. Sound was also pretty nice. We only got a couple complaints that the "Wedding Music" was too loud and nobody could hear the actors. Over all I gave last night a 7/10. The actors did alright and so did the techies. We definitely had a blast doing this show and we hope to have even more fun next time for "Odd Couple"!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Second Performance
Encore
The second performance of "Laugh In" went extremely well! There were hardly any mess ups on the techies behalf. Except for a few follow spot problems we managed to have a 9/10 show. The sound board mics were fixed and we got all of our cues down right. The one time that things started to look sour was when a stage-hand techie tripped over a cable sending a $400 amplifier that was feebly standing up down. Other then that we had very good audio and lights. The thespians did a great job at mastering their part last night. They seem less nervous and more comfortable in front of an audience now. This is their first show of the year and their last performance is tonight at 7:00 at Ligon. Please try to make becau
se it is one awesome show when done right. Hopefully it will all do OK tonight because our light operator, Brenna is out and Philip, who barely knows anything about lights, is filling in. Pray to God that he does not s
crew up.
The second performance of "Laugh In" went extremely well! There were hardly any mess ups on the techies behalf. Except for a few follow spot problems we managed to have a 9/10 show. The sound board mics were fixed and we got all of our cues down right. The one time that things started to look sour was when a stage-hand techie tripped over a cable sending a $400 amplifier that was feebly standing up down. Other then that we had very good audio and lights. The thespians did a great job at mastering their part last night. They seem less nervous and more comfortable in front of an audience now. This is their first show of the year and their last performance is tonight at 7:00 at Ligon. Please try to make becau
se it is one awesome show when done right. Hopefully it will all do OK tonight because our light operator, Brenna is out and Philip, who barely knows anything about lights, is filling in. Pray to God that he does not s
crew up. Thursday, October 23, 2008
First Performance
Encore
The first performance of "Laugh In" was today and my personal opinion is: it sucked. The actors were pretty good I'm not exactly sure how many times they messed up but we had a LOT of technical difficulties. First off the 6th graders on spot lights never actually "hit" their target, Brenna did a pretty good job on the light board only messing up maybe 1nce or 2ce. The sound however had maybe close to the most problems. The worst though was in the beginning of the 2nd act, Kagwe came out to do his bit and he was wearing a mic. Mic 6. Nobody told me (Jake) that he was wearing a mic that was almost all the way up on the board. When he said the first line feedback echoed all around the auditorium. I (Jake) quickly fixed the problem. Other setbacks would be that a giant flat that was the Joke Wall was broken today while moving it on stage for the first time. Also nobody in the booth or backstage could hear during the performance. All of us in the booth were winging it at act 2. With help from Mr. Martz (who was on the stagemanager mic) gave us most directions. Unfortunatly I would have to give the overall performance a 5/10. Altough the actors did a decent job (minus a couple pregnant pauses and nervousness) the technical portion of the play definatly dragged the score from a possible 8/10 to 5/10. Hopefully we can master the cues and technical problems before the next show. (tommorow at 7:00)
The first performance of "Laugh In" was today and my personal opinion is: it sucked. The actors were pretty good I'm not exactly sure how many times they messed up but we had a LOT of technical difficulties. First off the 6th graders on spot lights never actually "hit" their target, Brenna did a pretty good job on the light board only messing up maybe 1nce or 2ce. The sound however had maybe close to the most problems. The worst though was in the beginning of the 2nd act, Kagwe came out to do his bit and he was wearing a mic. Mic 6. Nobody told me (Jake) that he was wearing a mic that was almost all the way up on the board. When he said the first line feedback echoed all around the auditorium. I (Jake) quickly fixed the problem. Other setbacks would be that a giant flat that was the Joke Wall was broken today while moving it on stage for the first time. Also nobody in the booth or backstage could hear during the performance. All of us in the booth were winging it at act 2. With help from Mr. Martz (who was on the stagemanager mic) gave us most directions. Unfortunatly I would have to give the overall performance a 5/10. Altough the actors did a decent job (minus a couple pregnant pauses and nervousness) the technical portion of the play definatly dragged the score from a possible 8/10 to 5/10. Hopefully we can master the cues and technical problems before the next show. (tommorow at 7:00)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Encore--Laugh In
Encore
The Encore ensemble is doing a show called "Laugh In". The show is about the old TV show "Laugh In" with all the same old characters. The show features Paul Hardman and Jared Greene. Also headlining will be Eric Price, Jason Wood, Simone Gregor, Kagwe Muchane, and Gabby Fienstien. The dates for the show are October 23, October 24, and October 25. Admission is $3 students and $5 adults. The shows start at 2:30 for the 23rd and 7:00 for the 24th and 25th. The show is lots of fun and very funny. Not reccomended for young children.
In the boothe is
Brenna Stallings- Lights
Jake Phillips- Sound
Philip Bartholomew- On Deck
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