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Theatre

 Below is my Theatre Production experience.

Spring Awakening
by: Frank Wedekind

My job for "Spring Awakening" is Production Sound Engineer. In this position, I am the one to make sure all of the quipment is organized and loaded in safely. During the technical rehearsals, I am to make sure every piece of equipment is show ready. Knowing that all of the equipment is working properly, I stay on call just in case something goes wrong. After the last show, I am in charge of making sure that striking the equipment is done in an organized manner, and making sure equipment gets stored in its correct storage space. 

 

The show is a rock musical, so we brought in gear from Elliott Hall of Music. For the main sound system, we used 2 Meyer UPA's as mains, 2 Meyer UPA's as delay's, 4 JBL VRX932LA's as the center vocal cluster, and 2 Meyer USW's for subs. For Front of House we used an AVID SC48, and for Monitor World we used a Yamaha DM2000. As on stage monitors we hung 2 Renkus Heinz PNX121's on a downstage lineset for the cast to hear the band. For RF we used 24 Shure ULX Series Packs and Handhelds. The live band was a 8 piece orchestra that was all mixed into 8 Sennheiser e300 series In Ear Monitors. 

Medea
by: Euripides

I was the Monitor Engineer for the Greek tragedy called "Medea" by Euripides. The play was transformed into a rock musical. Mixing with a Yamaha DM2000 sidechained with a Yamaha DM1000. Utilizing 48 inputs, 12 auxiliary outputs (4 stereo personal mixes, 2 downstage monitors, and 2 side fills). The band used Senheiser G300 In Ear Monitors, while the chorus utilized the downstage and side fill monitors. The show also included 8 JBL VT4888 and 2 Meyer 650's as the main mix for the band, and the installed (3) Renkus Heinz 121's for the vocals.  

 

Some of the challenges we had encountered were, communication bewteen me and the band, as well as the different instruments and where the focus of the lead instrument went to compared to Front of House. To over come these obstacles, we decided to give each band member a mic to use for communication between Monitors and Front of House. Another useful idea was to create scenes for the monitor mix. Since it can be very tricky to mix monitors live and on the fly with a theatrical show. 

Alice Wonders
by: Gordan McCall

I was the Front of House engineer for an original play called "Alice Wonders". Mixing with a Yamaha DM2000, 16 Shure ULX wireless mics (13 Countrymen E6, 3 SM58 Handhelds), including Q Lab playback. The system included a left, center cluster, right, upstage left and right speakers, front fills, surrounds, and over head speakers. The show also brought in 4 JBL VT4880 subs for the show. Since the show was very heavy on music and dance, the upstage left and right speakers were used both for localization of the show, as well as monitors for the cast on stage. Same reason for bringing in the extra subs, since the music was heavy in hip hop and r&b, giving the show a little extra in the effect. 

 

During the show, there were some challenges in mixing the cast. Some of the issues were interferance with wireless mics, as well as getting some of the vocals to be truly heard without the possibility of feeback. With some fine adjustment of the wireless antenna paddles, and some changes in the packs, we were able to fix the interferance issues. When it came to fixing some of the level issues, we had to make sure the cast was speaking to their true potential, and that helped with being able to get the levels set. 

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