5: 10 p.m. Wednesday: The power went out at Skyline High School while the students and staff of the theatre company and the orchestra were 2 hours into their 3rd night of Tech Week rehearsals for Into the Woods (opening Saturday night). The emergency generators went on powering enough to see around the building but not enough for the mics, the amplification in the orchestra pit, or the spotlights. The decision was made to keep rehearsing – the show must go on!
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Students were told that if it went dark again while they were on stage or back stage they were to stand still and not move to avoid anyone getting hurt. Dinner, being supplied by Main Dish Kitchen, arrived on time at 5:45, the cast and crew filed out, devoured the dinner and went back to work just as the power was restored. This was definitely an example of pure theatre!
[Editor's note: Performances for "Into the Woods" are Nov. 12, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m., and Nov. 13 and 20 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for students/seniors or $25 for VIP reserved seating, and can be purchased at the door or online at ShowTix4U.com]
(Good plug Julie!) My personal cast member enjoyed this power outage quite a bit, I think.
(Oops, good plug DaveMary. Thanks!)
And my personal cast member said that it was really, really, really dark. Especially in the “black box,” which is the location for the sound and light controls.
And if the lights go out at Pioneer Theatre Guild’s performance of Phantom of the Opera this weekend, let’s hope it’s just the chandelier!
Pioneer Theatre Guild’s Phantom of the Opera performances are on Friday, Nov. 11 and Saturday, Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students/seniors, and can be purchased at the door or online at ShowTix4U.com.
And the Huron Players (Huron High School) are presenting performances of The Beaux’ Stratagem, a comedy by George Farquhar, on Nov. 11-12 at 7:30 p.m. in the school’s New Theater. Ticket information wasn’t available on the theater’s website.