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<font face="Arial">1. make sure act 2 isn't funny?<br>
2. place microphones to pick up the lines (doesn't have to be good
ones) and feed speakers hidden next to doors. Only turn this on
for act 2 (maybe the speakers plug in so aren't even there during
act 1).<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/30/2018 09:08 AM, Wayne Rasmussen
via Stagecraft wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Noises Off will open at my school on May
10. The play will be performed in our black box theater. The
space is surrounded by concrete block, a sheet rock ceiling,
and a vinyl tile covered concrete floor. It measures 50’ by
35’ by 23’ high. One 35’ wall has velour curtains on it. The
one large window is concealed by a lined black velour
approximately 10’ high by 25’ wide. Acoustics for the shows
we have done for 20 years have been reasonably good, not
requiring the use of microphones. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The set I have constructed spans the 35’
width and is 22’ in depth. It is 16’ at its highest point,
probably averaging 14’ high. Rather than rotating the set or
moving wagons around, I have chosen to have the audience sit
on one side of the set for Acts 1 and 3, and move to seats on
the “backstage” side for Act 2. The seating accommodation
will be 74 on each side, with the front row of the audience at
the edge of the playing space. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any suggestions how to solve
the problem, I would appreciate your response. If the
scenarios I have considered are flawed, I would appreciate a
correction. If you have other reasons to reinforce why there
is no solution, please add them. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wayne Rasmussen</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Blair Academy</p>
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