Alma Thomas Theatre

About The Project

​This project took place in Alma Thomas Theatre. I had less than a week to design an abridged version of this comedy. The script called for the time to go from late evening to early morning while also accommodating an accompanist onstage.

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The unique layout of the Alma Thomas Theatre made for an interesting effect that was unintended, but highly favored. I used a teal color direct front light and a incandescent top light to evoke a feeling of a late night.

One effect that I had to accomplished was a firecracker effect which was not available in stock. I used two Source Four and layered a palm tree leaves gobo (G362) and a small bubble gobo (R79650) together in one light and made a random firecracker strobe effect that cycled between 20% and 40% intensity which worked with the sound cue to produce this effect. 

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This project was not without some difficulty. The stage manager became ill during one of our rehearsals, and I had to call the rehearsal at the last moment without the stage manager's prompt book. The team did a great job working with this last minute change. This was my first taste of calling a show that lead me to look at stage managing as a second emphasis.