Perfect Stage Crew: The Complete Technical Guide for High

Perfect Stage Crew: The Complete Technical Guide for High School, College, and Community Theater

Here is a must-have book for anyone producing a stage show without a Broadway-sized budget. Written by a technical theater veteran, The Perfect Stage Crew explains the pitfalls to avoid and provides solutions to the most commonâ€”and the most complexâ€”stage performance problems, even for theaters with a lack of resources. An invaluable guide for middle and high school theaters, college theaters, and community theaters, The Perfect Stage Crew teaches readers how to:

Stock, organize, and store the essential backstage supplies
Conceptualize, design, and build sets
Manage a stage crew effectively
Paint scenery and backdrops
Test, design, and hang lighting
Operate and repair sound equipment
Set cues
Promote your show

This expanded second edition covers up-to-date technology, including for use with recording, sound, and lighting. Chapters also cover such crucial topics as running technical rehearsals, gathering props, and creating and selling tickets. Theater groups that need to learn the nuts and bolts of putting a show together will discover how to turn backstage workers into The Perfect Stage Crew.

Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.
Country USA
Brand Allworth
Manufacturer Allworth Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2016-06-21
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781621535201

Country	USA
Brand	Allworth
Manufacturer	Allworth Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2016-06-21
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781621535201

Perfect Stage Crew: The Complete Technical Guide for High School, College, and Community Theater

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