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Perfect Stage Crew: The Compleat Technical Guide for High School, College and Community Theater »
Authors: John Kaluta
ISBN-13: 9781581153156, ISBN-10: 1581153155
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allworth Press
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: John Kaluta
During the past 25 years, John Kaluta has served as a technical director, museum artist, carpenter, lighting and set designer, and even a rock tour roadie. A public high school teacher, he lives in Beltsville, MD.
Book Synopsis
Kaluta, a public high school teacher who has overseen school and community theater productions, shows how to produce quality shows with a small budget and limited technical resources, offering solutions to the most common and complex stage and crew problems. Useful for middle and high school, college, and community theaters, the guide gives practical directions for everything from stocking and organizing backstage supplies to promoting the show, operating and repairing sound equipment, painting scenery, and selling tickets. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| Preface: It's All About the Show | vii | |
| Cue 1 | Ready | 1 |
| Cue 2 | Get Set | 15 |
| Cue 3 | Go. Scene Painting Workshop | 39 |
| Cue 4 | Go. Build the Thing Already | 59 |
| Cue 5 | Go. Fix the Lights | 91 |
| Cue 6 | Go. Fix the Sound | 117 |
| Cue 7 | Go. Publicity | 137 |
| Cue 8 | Go. Rehearsals, and Life | 145 |
| Cue 9 | Go. Working Backstage | 155 |
| Cue 10 | Go. Patching the Lights | 165 |
| Cue 11 | Go. More on Sound | 193 |
| Cue 12 | Go. Setting Cues | 199 |
| Cue 13 | Go. The Week Before the Show | 209 |
| Cue 14 | Go. Curtain Up | 213 |
| Cue 15 | Go Home, the Show's Over | 221 |
| Acknowledgments | 227 | |
| Appendixes | 231 | |
| Index | 236 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Theater Stagecraft
Entertainment Theater Theater - Direction & Production
Nonfiction Entertainment Theater
Theater StagecraftEntertainment
Theater Theater - Direction & ProductionNonfiction
Entertainment Theater