[SML] Noises Off Dilemma

[Bruce Purdy]

> On 30Apr, 2018, at 12:08 PM, Wayne Rasmussen via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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> The director is concerned that during Act 2, the actors on the backstage side of the set will be unable to hear the lines that the actors on the front of the set are saying—when the audience is laughing.  Lines are easily heard in rehearsal.  The director has approached me about finding a way to enable to actors to hear the lines over laughter, so that their backstage movements will be coordinated with the lines being spoken on the other side of the set.  I have responded that I don’t think I can find a way to make that work.  In one scenario, if I were to somehow place speakers so that the actors can hear, the audience will hear those same speakers.  The sound will not emanate from the proper source (the other side of the set).  In scenario two, if the actors were to somehow know what lines were being spoken (in-ear monitors) and responded appropriately to their cues, the laughing audience won’t be able to hear the same lines and the subsequent movements won’t make sense to them.   


General area mikes pick up the “On-stage” side, which feed speakers hidden in the set on the “Backstage” side. Since they are pointed away from the audience in acts I & III, and the volume shouldn’t be too high (just “fill”) it shouldn’t me a problem.

	Alternatively, can the set be surfaced in a more “sound porous” Material? (scrim-like material.)

Bruce
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Bruce Purdy
Central New York Magic Theatre Co.
http://brucepurdy.com





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