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Hey, don’t even worry about it- it’s not like we put OUR OWN FUCKING BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS into the lighting design or anything…

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Credit: Pete Sauber

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What do you call draftings gone through the shredder?

Ground plans.

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director: *addressing cast and crew* good job everyone. you all have worked so hard to create very different moods scene to scene and -

lighting designer: you're welcome.

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Do you do any kind of theater oriented stitches, if so do you sell them/ have pics?

I actually have a few theatre oriented stitches! And I’d totally be up for selling some :)

Best Little Whorehouse in Texaslinks [x] [x]

Places is Not a Suggestionlinks [x] [x]

Theatre Techlinks [x] [x] pattern [x]I made another one of these for an artswap with @q2qcomics [x]

“Exit, pursued by a bear”links [x] [x]

Tiny Soundboardlinks [x] [x]

Tiny Stage Managementlinks [x] [x]

Tiny Stage Lightlinks [x] [x]

“Lights, Go”links [x] [x]

Tiny Stagelinks [x] [x]

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theatre tech IS acting

acting like everything is fine

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Scene: The carpenters are sorting several large pieces of black scrim, deciding what would work best as masking.

Me: “Aaaaayyyy, good to see you lads don’t de-SCRIM-iminate!

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our set for “Next to Normal” 🎭

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There was an actor in the tech I did today who kept commenting on the lighting design, saying disparaging things like “Is this really how I’m going to be lit?” in a very condescending tone.

DON’T. BE. THAT. ACTOR.

PLEASE RESPECT YOUR DESIGNERS.

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Can you see?, Yes? Then you’re not in your light

A fellow lighting designer in a moment of infinite, cutting, sarcastic, wisdom (via itselftherevelation)

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“In the Heights” 1/2″ Scale Model

Anna Louizos

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You know you are working with an old board when...

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Why do we as a theatre community accept missing out on life events because of work?  Why do we let fear or being blacklisted control how we live our lives outside of work.  Any office job would (more) easily grant a few days off for an event, like a wedding.  But in theatre it’s such a huge deal and we almost always get told no.  Why is this the norm?

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That got me so excited until the listed off what exactly constitutes the "creative" team.

Apparently designers aren’t considered part of the “creative team”, because they still have a male set, lighting, and sound designer on their team.

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This is incredibly depressing and way worse than I thought.

I would be curious to see the breakdown of props & scenic painters (two sections of tech which are cut earliest when there needs to be money saved).  

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So I just finished designing the lights for my first musical. And by just finished I mean tonight is opening and I didn't finish writing and cleaning all of the cues until right before the house opened. And I couldn't even stay to see if everything is going right. This is kind of nerve wracking. But when you were literally the only one hanging and focusing the entire show while still working 30 hour weeks it tends to lead to late cueing (we didn't get into the space until the weekend of tech so)

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52 lights cues in one song so far.

Not including spots. 

Sweet