Tech in Boone for Oleanna

We are teching are rehearsing Oleanna in Boone for the Appalachian Summer Festival.

Cumulus clouds pile up over the mountain tops boasting how beautiful Boone can be in the summer.

King Street in downtown Boone.

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John Wolf, the lighting designer, directs focus. He has designed the lights in such a way that highlights the combative nature of the play. He alludes to a boxing ring, but utilizes very neutral color.

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John Wolf, the man of light & shadow.

Nick Hussong, the master electrician, helps John with focus.

On genies and on ladders, in the air and on the ground, Nick Hussong is everywhere.

David Smith, the sound designer, reveals to Carrie Cook the implementation of his theory of "mid-side playback." The side speakers are hung in the middle of the house in such a way (pointed away from the stage so as to bounce off the back walls) which creates more a sense of a real environment.

Scout, the assistant stage manager, listens as Amy Peter explains to Lee Spencer how his computer is more than a prop.

Ginny Lee, Preston Lane, & Lee Spencer pause during tech rehearsal.

Preston Lane ponders the magic of theatre.

John Wolf is seen here wiring rope lights for the seating we have placed upstage.

Jennie Lynn, carpenter and sometime painter, touches up the set's ceiling.

Carrie Cook (sound supervisor), Amy Peters (props master), & Randy McMullen (scene designer) look over the phone and the Tele-Q-- a device that makes the phone ring independently and whenever we want.

Emily Mails, our cheery stage manager.

JOHN: ...that's my job don't you know...

CAROL: What is?

JOHN: To provoke you.