Tech Week Info and Tips!- 9/14/15

Tonight starts tech week! Here is more information and helpful tips:

• Please arrive to the theatre in costume, hair and any make up before 6pm. 
• We will start tech at 6pm. 
• Tonight is the closing cast ON. Opening cast be ready for spider dance and bows.
• If you have multiple costumes, please come in your first costume. 
• Everyone must have underpinning! Usually, actors wear tank tops (in white, black or nude...something that works with your costume) and dance or bike shorts. There will not be a separate changing area for those with costume changes, you must wear underpinnings! 
• Bring all your costumes every night of tech and shows in a basket. There isn't much room backstage so please consider that when picking out your basket.
• We will start a full run at the top of the show. If we don't get all the way through the show, we will start where we left off with closing cast on Wednesday and then start a second run. We will do the same for opening cast on Tuesday and Thursday. The hope is that both cast get two runs this week. 
• Becca will be taking notes and I will be taking any missed lines notes. We will email our notes after each tech. Please make sure you are sharing these notes with your actors. Any notes and/or blocking changes for their double is also for them. 
• When your double is on stage on Monday and Tuesday, you must be in the audience watching. 
• No electronic devices are allowed during any night tech!
• Actors need to know their cues, lines, blocking and dances! Parents please help with this. There are still actors that don't know these.
• Remind your actors-
• Hold means to stop, freeze, no talking.
• Don't touch props that aren't yours. Pick up your prop before you go on stage and replace it to it's spot when you exit the stage.
• BE QUIET BACKSTAGE! 
• Many of the actors have found that making a list of when they enter (and from where), any props needed and costume changes very helpful. 
• If you have any costume changes, please practice these at home, especially those that are quick changes. 
• Label all your costume pieces! Every night of tech and shows we will come up with missing or left behind costumes. If they are labeled we can get them back to their owners.