[SML] [EXTERNAL] Re: Workarounds

Mon Mar 16 01:44:59 UTC 2020

Maia

That sounds like an awesome project! I'd love more details on that. It sounds like a pretty hefty amount of work.

PJ Veltri 
Technical Director: Theatre
Grosse Pointe Public Schools

> On Mar 15, 2020, at 8:52 PM, Maia Robbins-Zust via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Students all gone for the rest of the semester to learn digitally (I'm not faculty, so figuring how to do that isn't on my slate).
> 
> But... we just got a grant from National Grid to replace our oldest theatre's lighting with an all LED package.  So now I have 400 new units that need to be unpacked, labeled, addressed etc and 400 old units that need to be scrapped (with photos to prove it's been done), plus all new cables (power con & true con & miles of short DMX) to color code and sort etc.
> 
> And no students!
> 
> But, hopefully we'll find a budget to hire the local 'out of work' stage hands to help with this little project.
> 
> Interesting times indeed...
> 
> Maia Robbins-Zust 
> Technical Dir
> Williams College Theatre 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Mar 14, 2020, 7:44 PM Kelly Ann Mangan via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>> We’re prepping the argument to keep student employees on (with proper distancing) to keep building the now cancelled musical in the hopes of moving it to next season.
>> I’m full time faculty, so I’m still teaching classes on line once we “return” from spring break, but since I’m the prop master and scenic artist for all the shows too, I’m nearly giddy about having some time to work in the warehouse and organize the paint room.  Plus, kill two birds with one stone with all the buckets I need to wash!  Without production meetings and faculty meetings I can get a ton of work done!
>> 
>> Kelly Mangan
>> Bowling Green State University
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Mar 14, 2020, at 7:13 PM, Kristi R-C via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Maintenance. Skills improvement. Read. Stay healthy. 
>>> 
>>> We're theatre people. We're used to making a show out of two nickels and a piece of twine. 
>>> 
>>> I'm concerned about the long term financial consequences, but if anyone is going to shine, it'll be us. 
>>> 
>>> Brian, a TD in Ohio gathered a list of folks willing to Skype in for classes that reads like a who's who of our industry - many are on SML. 
>>> 
>>> So keep your ship ship-shape, wash your hands a lot and make art in private for a while. I expect to see some great things once we get through this all. 
>>> 
>>> Now,  Mom's gonna bleach the floors, cause I know where we've been walking.
>>> 
>>> Virtual hugs to you all. 
>>> 
>>> Kristi R-C
>>> 
>>> On Mar 14, 2020, at 5:40 PM, Justin Carroll via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Good question 
>>>> 
>>>> That is the boat I am sure many of us are in.
>>>> 
>>>> Although, the final show of the schoolyear has been cancelled here.  I am experiencing a bit of an existential crisis: I am paid to build and hang for the theatre program but if there is no show why am I here?
>>>> 
>>>> From: Stagecraft <stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net> on behalf of Jerry Durand via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 4:55:30 PM
>>>> To: Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
>>>> Cc: Jerry Durand <jdurand at durandinterstellar.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [SML] Workarounds
>>>>  
>>>> SecondLife.com?
>>>> 
>>>> A long time ago in a land far away I was on that game, Jerry Paris was my name.  Haven't been there in so long my character probably has great grandkids by now.
>>>> 
>>>>> On 3/13/20 1:50 PM, Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft wrote:
>>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>>> You survived Friday the Thirteenth (today). You've prepared to 'Beware the Ides of March' (Sunday), BUT what is the Workaround when you are told to build/paint scenery or build/fit costumes online rather than in your 'home' institutional setting?
>>>>> /s/ Richard
>>>>> _________
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>>>> 
>>>> Justin Carroll
>>>> TD at Community College of RI
>>>> Warwick, RI
>>>> From: Stagecraft <stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net> on behalf of Jerry Durand via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2020 4:55:30 PM
>>>> To: Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
>>>> Cc: Jerry Durand <jdurand at durandinterstellar.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [SML] Workarounds
>>>>  
>>>> SecondLife.com?
>>>> 
>>>> A long time ago in a land far away I was on that game, Jerry Paris was my name.  Haven't been there in so long my character probably has great grandkids by now.
>>>> 
>>>>> On 3/13/20 1:50 PM, Richard Niederberg via Stagecraft wrote:
>>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>>> You survived Friday the Thirteenth (today). You've prepared to 'Beware the Ides of March' (Sunday), BUT what is the Workaround when you are told to build/paint scenery or build/fit costumes online rather than in your 'home' institutional setting?
>>>>> /s/ Richard
>>>>> _________
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>> www.DurandInterstellar.com & www.Durandinterstellar.ru
>>>> 
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