#design sem

(15/15)

Up next: Lumagination at the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens! This is my second year on the project, and this year I will be working as the Production Manager/Lighting Director for UB's contribution. I've already been hard at work on this project, researching show control solutions and creating production schedules.

(14/15) I just finished my first tech rehearsal process as a sound designer, for the Emerging Choreographers' Showcase. While I love working with the dance department, and I appreciate the concept of needing some awareness of sound design to be a well-rounded theatre professional, I don't think it's really for me. Even though I normally love mundane tasks such as alphabetizing forms and labeling cables, I found editing to be painfully tedious. I had to learn ProTools and Qlab, which probably wouldn't have been quite as awful if I had touched a Mac computer at all since approximately fourth grade. But alas, I had to basically learn an entire operating system as well. ProTools did end up being somewhat intuitive once I learned where certain functions were, but to my stage management and ETC Eos-oriented brain, Qlab made very little sense; I couldn't wrap my head around the way Qlab organizes cues. The show has now closed, and I still have barely any idea of what just happened.

(13/15) My other major gig this semester is as an RA in the new sophomore dorms. I'm on the second floor in the B-wing, so I couldn't help making a Shakespeare pun on my bulletin board. I've also spent a lot of time with my trusty X-acto knife, making nametags for all of my residents' doors, and adding a "We Are Groot" banner to the hallway to contextualize the theme of the nametags.

(12/15)

Finally got a chance to see Speed-the-Plow at Road Less Traveled! I'm in love with the new space, and I'm looking forward to seeing what else is done with it.

I particularly enjoyed the lighting of this production, especially in Scene 2 with the reddish glow through the window. However, I wasn't the biggest fan of the overall show. I found it hard to keep up, and firmly believe the only reason I didn't get completely lost in the fast-paced dialogue is because of how often I watch Aaron Sorkin's work. I do think the actors did a great job given the source material, though.

(11/15) Spent the last two days working as an electrician for the Netta Yerushalmy dance residency at the CFA. I love working these types of performances, because it's where my personal intersection between lighting and stage management really gets to shine. One moment, I'm prancing around the grid focusing lights; the next, working with the group's tech manager to spike furniture and write preset lists.