Stage Directions back issues from September 2008:
A Cool Case of Nerves
Sep 01, 2008; ... Do you still get nerves? As I write, I'm prepping a script for a contest. It has to be postmarked by tomorrow, and except for a few commas and maybe returning a joke to the way it was before I tweaked it beyond recognition, it's done. But I can't stop looking at it, and I can't stop ...
Pitfalls Of Online Ticketing
Sep 01, 2008; ... This past month, we received a letter from a staff member of a theatre who brought to our attention a vital aspect of online ticketing services - ticket sales income distribution - left out of "Your Ticket Please" (SD, August 2008, page 30). There are multiple income distribution models ...
SD Announces Winners of High School Honors Program
Sep 01, 2008; ... After surveying educators, college admissions recruiters and theatre professionals - not to mention the students and parents across the country - Stage Directions is proud to announce the winners of its inaugural High School Honors Theatre Program. The winners, which will all be featured in the ...
Prototype White Space Devices Fail FCC Tests
Sep 01, 2008; ... On Aug. 9, the FCC tested prototype "White Space" devices in a real-world environment, which proved conclusively that the devices would not accurately sense wireless microphone transmissions and, if deployed, would cause havoc within venue operations. "The FCC's tests of prototype white ...
Memorial High School Gets Sound Upgrade
Sep 01, 2008; ... Memorial High School in West New York, N.J., has battled audio problems each spring for the past 12 years for the school's annual musical production. "Audio is the absolute heart of any production," says Director (and chemistry teacher) Steven Hempel. "Audiences can be extremely ...
DePaul University Launches Undergrad Sound Design Program
Sep 01, 2008; ... The Theatre School at DePaul University will add the degree of Bachelor's in Fine Arts in Sound Design to its training programs this fall. Toy Delorio has been appointed head of sound design, and will work with Linda Buchanan (head of design/ technical studies) to set the standards for this new ...
Winners Chosen for 33rd Annual Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival
Sep 01, 2008; ... Samuel French's 33rd annual OffOff Broadway Short Play Festival came to a close July 20, and from a selection of 40 short plays, six were chosen as winners. The winning scripts are: The Dying Breed by Thomas Higgins, The Thread Men by Thomas C. Dunn, Ayravana Flies or A Pretty Dish by Sheila ...
New IATSE President Makes First Appointments
Sep 01, 2008; ... Thomas C. Short, president of IATSE since 1994, announced his retirement at lATSE's mid-summer General Executive Board Meeting. Matthew D. Loeb, who was unanimously elected by the lATSE's board to assume the role of president, replaced him. Craig Carlson was elected vice president. In ...
Yamaha Completes Acquisition of Founders Shareholding in NEXO
Sep 01, 2008; ... Yamaha recently completed its first step of the acquisition of NEXO by purchasing all shares of the two founders. On June 19, Yamaha Corporation announced its intention to acquire NEXO SA, French manufacturer and seller of professional acoustic speaker systems. Yamaha is scheduled to ...
About Face Theatre Appoints Managing Director
Sep 01, 2008; ... About Face Theatre has announced that producer and director Rick Dildine has been named the new managing director of About Face Theatre. Dildine comes to About Face from Brown University, where he worked with About Face Artistic Director Bonnie Metzgar and served as producer of the annual Brown ...
Broadway By the Bay Names Executive Director
Sep 01, 2008; ... Broadway by the Bay has announced the appointment of Jim Gardia as its new executive director. Artistic Director Brooke Knight said, "We are so pleased to have someone on board with Jim's vision, enthusiasm and experience. The whole staff is looking forward to working with Jim toward continued ...
Tools of the Trade
Sep 01, 2008; ... Elation Opti 16-4 WW/CW LED Par Can With the introduction of the Opti 16-4 WW and Opti 16-4 CW, Elation Professional offers a compact yet powerful LED plug-and-play par can in both "warm white" and "cool white" LED versions. A powersaving alternative to traditional Par 16 cans, both ...
Listening vs. Hearing
Sep 01, 2008; ... Some tried-and-true methods for improving the best mixing tool in the world - your ear Many times a young sound mixer will ask what audio software they should own or what new DSP platform would make them a better mixer. What gets lost along the way is that the most sophisticated, complex ...
Armored for Sound
Sep 01, 2008; ... Die Soldaten and its "cloud of sound" invade the Park Avenue Armory. The revival of the radical '60s German opera DieSoldaten, performed recently at the Park Avenue Armory in Manhattan, is one of the most surreal theatre experiences I have ever witnessed. With a T-shaped catwalk for a ...
Finding and Filling the Space
Sep 01, 2008; ... Punchdrunk aims to take audiences on a wild journey - literally. Punchdrunk is an innovative British theatre company set up in 2000 with the aim of creating performances in unusual locations and with the audience walking around and watching different parts of the production. To intensify ...
Classic and Contemporary
Sep 01, 2008; ... A vaunted history meets the future of theatre at RADA. In Britain, RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) is the hardest higher education center to get into, according to Edward Kemp, its new artistic director. "Because we are the industry leader, we have more people applying to us than to ...
Social Work
Sep 01, 2008; ... Steve Cosson and The Civilians create non-traditional work that engages with community at every stage. In asking Artistic Director Steven Cosson where the name of his theatre troupe, The Civilians, comes from, I expected very civic minded or perhaps even military answer. But no. "It's ...
Enchanted
Sep 01, 2008; ... Idina Menzel talks about her fairytale career. Born and raised in the Long Island community of Syosset (which was also home to Judd Apatow and Natalie Portman) before getting her BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Idina Menzel's life is every theatre geek's dream come ...
Restored to Glory
Sep 01, 2008; ... Broadway's Longacre Theatre gets a long-awaited renovation. Restoring vintage Broadway theatres is a slowly rising trend, one that can be linked to the area's rising fortunes over the last several years. The Winter Garden Theater at 50th Street and Broadway was renovated in 2001, and The ...
Tops In Props
Sep 01, 2008; ... The best places in the Big Apple to score one-of-a-kind set pieces Need a jumbo-sized, incredibly life-like zebra for your Off-Broadway show? We've got you covered! Here's everything you need to know about three of New York City's most unique, well-stocked and customer-friendly prop ...
A Priceless Respect
Sep 01, 2008; ... In this industry, there have always been those whose hearts were as strong as their hands. I doubt you've ever heard of Richard Kritselis. His name never spread far and wide, and he never amassed the accolades that so many of us take for granted. In fact, he never even received a ...
Non-Traditional Means to Artistic Ends
Sep 01, 2008; ... These NYC companies protect their artistic vision. In honor of this month's focus on theatre in the Big Apple, I'm spotlighting indy New York companies with unorthodox management structures. But before turning the stage over, I wanted to take a moment to eulogize a theatre that for 30 ...
Onstage & Off
Sep 01, 2008; ... Onstage & Off New books fill a variety of needs A literary agent I know advises his clients to look for needs that have not been fully met by a book in print. This month's mix of theatre-related books reflects many such needs. One of them is the cost of doing ...
All In One
Sep 01, 2008; ... All In One One-act plays from 10 minutes to full-length A one-act play challenges the playwright to establish situation and characters, keep the action focused and reach an ending that is both logical and satisfying - all in a short span of time. A long one-act can be more ...
Floating Canopies
Sep 01, 2008; ... A college circus approaches rigging with magnets. The Circus Show was created through the University of Missouri - Kansas City Theatre of N.O.W. (New Original Works) program and was scriptless at the start of the rehearsal period. The process was one of discovery and exploration, and ...