Ceris wrote a great article over on TLTDAY about what makes the best lighting designer. From her post: Mood, sense, time, place – lighting design will give you all of these things. Lighting can scare you, inspire you or feel barely noticeable at all, but it will totally affect your sense of appreciation of the …
Tag: Backstage
Throwback Thursday: Follies
Happy Valentine's Day! This week's Throwback Thursday is from Musical Theatre Productions' Follies, performed in November 2010. This production went up right after The Three Musketeers, and Ceris needed a director's assistant to help out with note-taking for some rehearsals and runs. Here I am on the "other side of the table" with the artistic and stage …
How to put on a coffeehouse in 7 easy steps (or, An “OK” Coffeehouse recap)
1. Talk about maybe doing a coffeehouse... for about a year. (Art Fidler and I had first discussed the idea of having a variety or talent show at OKTC way back in 2011. Took this long to actually make it happen!) 2. Choose a date. (We finally decided on Saturday, January 26, 2013.) 3. Get …
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7 More Habits of Highly Effective Young Actors
I wrote an article titled 7 Habits of Highly Effective Young Actors which received such a great response, that I decided to add 7 More Habits of Highly Effective Actors! Read on! 1. They listen to and respect the costume team. They don’t reject a costume because they don’t like it. They let costume staff know how …
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How I Got Here, Part Two (The University Years)
I wrote a post over a year ago about my "how I got to where I am" story, which nobody asked for. You can read that post here. Today I'm finally adding part two to the blog! So, we're at the university years! I applied to only three universities: the University of Guelph, the University …
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Kerry Hishon 