We have gone from pre-production phase into show week. As i write this the crew is running a dry tech of the show before a full dress rehearsal tonight. Unfortunately this is the first time we will have all of the technical elements of the show running. Let me back up and go through the production schedule we should have been following.

Load in started our time to have the theater just for the show, this happened on a Thursday. the next Friday was our scheduled Technical…

We have been attacking the project on two different fronts this week. The first front involves delegating the work and developing a more detailed list of all the imagery/video elements that we will require for the show. I finally have a student involved in the project that understands the full scope of what we have undertaken. Using a media server to create the scenery for a 2 1/2 hour long show will be complex.

When we produced the "Laramie Project" here 3 years ago we used a…

Since my first post things have been moving along slowly, read frustrating for me, I want to see more finished. I am wiating for the show to be cast and the student technicians to join me in my quest to master the software and start creating the imagery.

The first major portion of the project is finished and has been approve by the director. That would be the video plot for the show. I did major script analysis and developed the concept for how I wanted to utilize video and…

I am starting work on our major drama project for the school year. We are doing "Universal Robots" by Mac Rogers, the play is being staged as a ritualistic pageant. we have decided to use three screens for the set and only simple furniture. In addition we are turning our proscenium stage into a 175 seat thrust theater. The reason for this blog is to document the process and detail how we are using a media server to create the visuals that will make up our scenic elements. I am rapidly…