I am up to 323 cues just for lighting and we open in just a couple of days. It is amazing how much doing the pre-production programming has helped. In the past I would have spent many nights slogging away at programming and editing and refocusing. Besides one night where I had to update 50ish cues, I have been done making my fixes before the actors are done with notes.
The only struggle I have is the haze. The air flow in this space is very odd. I mean most theaters are designed to have the air flow go from the stage to the house, but for some reason the architect also has a return duct above the stage so it is literally sucking all of my haze up. But if I try to use a fan to keep it low, it all goes into the house or looks like we have a small fire on stage right. It is almost like I need a fan on a moving light just doing figure 8’s the entire night to keep the haze even.
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