[SML] Rain and lots of it

[Chip Wood]

Way back in Florida we did "Rain", which it did about 75% of the show.  
Built a 2-story tin-roofed hotel set w/ drilled pipe for water 
dispersal.  No mics on actors.  No problem for the audience to hear, but 
we were trained to project.  Major issue was getting costumes esp shoes, 
damp because after a fall of 12', water splashes ALL over the 
backstage.  No matter how much you put plastic sheets.  We guttered the 
runoff immediately outside, we did not re-circulate. Being Florida we 
were used to the damp, but afterward never seemed to be any particular 
problems.  Ran 16 perf over 4 weeks and we ran large fans on the dark days.

Chip 1


On 10/2/2015 2:25 AM, Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft wrote:
> It seems like a true Risk Assessment is required for moisture in 
> carpets, drapes, seat cushions, seat backs, and every other porous 
> element in the theater; also look for condensation on lenses and lamps.
> /s/ Richard
> _________
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 9:35 PM, Ben Thoron SML via Stagecraft 
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net <mailto:stagecraft at theatrical.net>> 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.
>

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