Ameriville is a touring show that is running for 3 weeks in Maryland. I got the follow spot op job on the show because I had done over hire LX work there.
We went in the first day and were provided with track sheets (there are 2 follow spots). We worked through the show, the SM would call what happened with spots before it happened. Tech was slow. The spots are on the catwalk directly above the center of the house so we cannot have things to entertain us up there with us. The show is 90 minutes without an intermission. There is a talk back after every show. (These are fascinating since the company writes and performs their own work and they have been working together for 14 years.)
Everyone has been really cool about the spots. We were relatively awful at it the first couple of days. No one was angry. The other spot op is typically a sound board op for the theatre and hasn't done lighting work before. The spots at this particular theatre are actually Source 4s in some sort of spot conversion contraption that is really cool. They also have color boomerangs inserted in the gel slot in the front which makes it harder to spot. I'm getting the hang of it and now it's fun.
The company is really awesome. They are all gracious and very talented. I love the talk backs. They are doing the kind of work that I want to be doing later. AND traveling the world with it.
And the ME is adding me to his overhire list as well as forwarding my name to the artistic director for future programming and design work.
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