I know things have been a bit quiet over here, but I have been quite busy. Monday was load-in for Becoming Adele. Focus was Tuesday evening and then this morning we finished up a few odds and ends. We have an invited dress tomorrow night and then our first preview is Friday. The show is in good shape, which is nice since our first press has to come a lot earlier than we would have liked. But things seem to be progressing nicely.
Today the sound designer for Adele mentioned that this will be her 30th show this year. I reacted with a bit of shock until I realized that it will be my 24th. I guess the round number threw me. Still, 30 is a lot of plays to do in one year.
The set for Adele is backed with a big lovely blue sky. I am having a lot of fun manipulating clouds on the sky as we progress through various times of day. I have quite a few lights to deal with the various cloud scenarios, but it does not seem like enough. The more I do on the sky, the more it becomes clear just how layered a simple cloud is. The sky is so complex, I feel I could explore it for years and never get bored.
I had a meeting during my dinner break with the producer, director, GM and set designer for a small Off-Broadway play I will be lighting near the end of January. The play is called Last Word and will be directed by Alex Lippard who I have worked with before on Sake with the Haiku Geisha and Cupid and Psyche
This Friday is a bit wacky. The plot for Nutcracker got changed around this week, so I have to go in and restore our plot before the weekend shows. All this of course before a rehearsal for Adele.
And of course being the insane person that I am, I lit a conceptual Godot. I never actually saw a full run through. In fact I only saw part of act 1. But with that play that’s like seeing part of both acts. I will actually not have a chance to see it. We lit it without actors. A rather surreal experience, but somehow appropriate for that play.
I am eating the most awesome pumpkin pie right now that my girlfriend made right before she went out of town for a few days. The texture is just right and it has a lovely ginger kick to it that I really enjoy.
Tags: becoming adele, focus, godot, nutcracker, sky, tech
