Asha, the artistic intern, listening to tech notes after a preview performance. Hey Asha: What have you learned being so closely involved with most of the shows this season?
" The Night of the Iguana was my first time being in constant contact with so many professional theatre artists. Just getting a chance to soak up their passion & commitment to the craft was amazing. I was running crew for Beautiful Star, so it was a very different experience. It showed me how putting together a production is a lot like putting together a puzzle. If one piece is out of place, then everything is affected. And you can never underestimate the importance of organization and communication. During Black Pearl Sings! I learned [as the assistant director] that there are as many perspectives on a play as there are people involved in the process. Not agreeing on every point yet finding common ground is a part of what makes art beautiful and worthwhile."
Andy, the wardrobe intern, listening to tech notes, too.
Frank Higgins, the playwright, and Benny Sato Ambush, the director, go over notes before the show's opening.
Here is Eric, our stage manager. Hey Eric: As a stage manager, what point in the process do you find the most rewarding?
"It’s a toss up for me really. The tech process is very rewarding because it is the time when I feel the most collaborative, and collaboration feeds me as an artist. However, I find it equally as rewarding when the audience joins us for the first time. I equate it to finishing a 500,000 piece puzzle where the picture can’t be complete until they arrive.
"It’s a toss up for me really. The tech process is very rewarding because it is the time when I feel the most collaborative, and collaboration feeds me as an artist. However, I find it equally as rewarding when the audience joins us for the first time. I equate it to finishing a 500,000 piece puzzle where the picture can’t be complete until they arrive.
I believe in the power of what we do, and approach each performance as though it might just change someone’s life in a variety of ways.
It’s rewarding to be a part of something that can affect people that way."
He controls the world (of the play).
He sets up right there in the walkway only during tech rehearsals, but if you look up into the booth at the top of the house seats you might be able to see him.
This was Technically Talking when the designers & the playwright spoke with the audience about technical aspects of the show. (photo by Scout)
Here we see (from left to right) Frank Higgins, the playwright; Robin Vest, the scenic designer; Kelsey Hunt, the costume designer; Geneva Conaway Bennison, the sound designer; John Wolf, the lighting designer; Benny Sato Ambush, the director; & me, moderating Technically Talking. (photo by Scout)
Andy wonders why fish have to die, our dear leader likes pushing chairs around the office, and Kelsey studies the office aquarium.
Benny Ambush converses with Kelsey Hunt & Bernadette Quigley about a quick change.
Heather sews by lamp light.
Andy wonders why fish have to die, our dear leader likes pushing chairs around the office, and Kelsey studies the office aquarium.
Benny Ambush converses with Kelsey Hunt & Bernadette Quigley about a quick change.
Heather sews by lamp light. 
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