The crew is led by two student technical directors (TD's) as well as several assistant technical directors. During an average after-school session students are broken into groups and assigned to various projects. While most techies will be assigned to projects involving carpentry, others may be working on lighting, sound, props, costumes, or general maintenance of the backstage area. The TD's attempt to rotate job assignments so that techies are able to explore all the different areas of technical theatre.
During the week of a performance the stage crew takes on a new function. At this point the sets are all built and the lighting nearly completed and techies shift from creating the setting to running the show. Jobs during this week are called "show jobs" and are assigned to specific people based on interest and/or previous experience. Some jobs, such as stage manager, sound operator, master electrician, and master of props, require extensive preparation before show week, but most show jobs are simply week-long assignments.
Anyone in grades 9-12 with an interest in technical theatre may join stagecrew. Interested students should speak to one of the TD's (see below) or a member of the theatre faculty.
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HMTC productions are designed entirely by students. Each production has a student set designer and a student lighting designer, both of whom are chosen by the director, who is usually a faculty member. Any student who has taken Theatre Production and Design, a major course which meets 4 times a week, is eligible to be a designer. While it is not necessary for designers to be on stage crew, some tech experience is helpful. Interested students should speak to a member of the theatre faculty.
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TECHIE LINKS:
- THE TECHIE GOSPEL- The one, the only, the Good Book itself- for Techies.
- Yahoo! - Arts:Performing Arts:Theater:Stagecraft- Yahoo's list of stagecrew-related material on the Web
- Playbill On-Line- Your guide to Broadway and beyond.
- Welcome to the School Show Page- A page all about shows being put on by other high schools worldwide.
- Shakespeare's Globe- Forget about the famous "flat from Hell"- here's a page devoted to the historically accurate rebuilding of the even-more-famous Globe Theatre in London.
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A Guide to Various Cryptic Theatre Acronyms |
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| APE | Assistant Production Electrician |
| ASM | Assistant Stage Manager |
| ATD | Assistant Technical Director |
| LD | Laura Diamond |
| ME | Master Electrician |
| PTD | Production Technical Director |
| TD | Technical Director |
| TPD | Theatre Production and Design |