Dress Rehearsal

Today is Cue-to-Cue for In the Next Room, when the light and sound designers and the stage crew - who move scenery or make it snow - practice all their parts, timing them to the actors' work.  Set Designers (who, inevitably just want to paint stuff) are mostly in the way.

But this evening is Dress Rehearsal, when the actors, in full costume (mostly), run through the entire show without all the morning's interruptions.  It's a chance to see what the whole production looks and sounds like, and what the timing is like.  The set designer needs to be there, taking reams of notes, and making a punch-list of To-Do items... to finally get this sucker finished!

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Dress Rehearsal

Watched the Five Women dress rehearsal/Tech last night.

Set design is kinda funny...  Tech and Dress, which are such very BIG deals to the rest of the design team, cast, and crew, are (unless the set moves a lot) dull for the set designer.  Although its interesting, even fascinating, to see the show on its feet, as far as getting your own work done, you kinda wish everyone would get out of your way and let you: staple down the new rugs, straighten that lampshade, paint that piece of wall, install that "wallpaper" etc.  At this stage the set designer and crew can feel... alienated?  Also tired.

But the run through looked good!