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Here is a must-have book for anyone producing a stage show without a Broadway-sized budget. The Perfect Stage Crew provides solutions to the most common and complex stage and crew problems. Here’s just a sampling of what you’ll learn how to do: stock, organize and store the essential backstage supplies; set cues; conceptualize, design and build stage sets; manage a stage crew effectively; paint scenery and backdrops; test, design and hang lighting; operate and repair sound equipment; and promote your show. Chapters also cover such crucial topics as running technical rehearsals, gathering props, and creating and selling tickets. If you need to learn the nuts and bolts of putting together and turning your backstage workers into “the perfect stage crew,” this easy-to-read book is for you.
240 pages, 6 x 9, paperback
Here is a must-have book for anyone producing a stage show without a Broadway-sized budget. The Perfect Stage Crew provides solutions to the most common and complex stage and crew problems. Here’s just a sampling of what you’ll learn how to do: stock, organize and store the essential backstage supplies; set cues; conceptualize, design and build stage sets; manage a stage crew effectively; paint scenery and backdrops; test, design and hang lighting; operate and repair sound equipment; and promote your show. Chapters also cover such crucial topics as running technical rehearsals, gathering props, and creating and selling tickets. If you need to learn the nuts and bolts of putting together and turning your backstage workers into “the perfect stage crew,” this easy-to-read book is for you.
240 pages, 6 x 9, paperback
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