[SML] Rain and lots of it

[Dale Farmer]

The amount of humidity this will put into the air of the building will 
be huge.  So lots of mold and mildew. Increased cleaning costs, plus the 
mold remediation contractor at the end of the run.  There is also the 
issue of the water will need to be kept sanitized or else you will be 
infecting your audience and staff with legionnaires disease or whatever. 
  Your air conditioning costs will increase as the system removes the 
moisture from the air.   Snack bar (if you have one) will have to get a 
lot more cleaning to keep ahead of the mold.

    Falling water is noisy.  Lots of falling water is very noisy. Next 
time it rains, go outside and try to talk to someone 50 feet down the 
path.  So the acties will need sound reinforcement to be heard. 
Waterproof body mics and packs.  Not just the leads, but everyone with a 
line.   More budget needed here.

I think a sound effect and an ozone generator will be much more cost 
effective.

   --Dale


On 10/2/2015 12:35 AM, Ben Thoron SML via Stagecraft wrote:
> An upcoming project is said to "require" rain all night onstage.  I
> put it in quotes because, there's obviously no real harm in just
> pretending its raining.  But, the current thinking is that rain is an
> essential part of the story telling.
>
> So- what I think happens when in rains inside a theatre for 2-3 hours
> a night, for seven weeks is that we we run the risk of becoming a 650
> seat terrarium...
>
> Has any body had experience on a project where it rained, really
> rained for the whole show?
> Could you hear the actors, did the audience have to get up and pee,
> did concessions run out of hot cocoa?  Was there mold EVERYWHERE?
>
> I've done shows with some rain, 5 minutes or so, dumped 100s  of
> gallons of water across the stage, made a pond (with a boat), and had
> a swimming pool on stage.  Clearly, I'm not afraid of water, per
> se...just getting wet and not being able to dry out.
>
> I'd appreciate the wisdom of the list.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ben
>
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