Hofstra Drama 20 – Sound for the Theatre

1. When/Where: February 18th, 2016. 6:55 p.m. Backstage of As You Like It
2. Farthest: audience members coming in and chatting, footsteps on stage and risers, Jim’s keys jingling
3. Medium: run crew on stage right talking, actors getting into places and warming up their voices
4. Closest: Dabney talking on headset, an ASM asking me a question, actors flipping through my script
5. Sound level: medium
6. One Word: anticipation
7. Three Words: chatter, warm-ups, headset

Location: Backstage in Adams Playhouse

Sounds Heard: You can faintly hear the sound of the tap dancers as they perform their routine onstage. They’re going through their number and their accompanying music is playing through the speakers behind them. You can hear everything faintly because I’m sitting behind the curtain backstage and that tends to block out the sound.

1- 2012-05-02 at 7:41 PM

Sitting backstage at Measure For Measure rehearsal during Blackbird’s run

– Sit, close eyes and allow the sounds around you to envelope you, listen for all of the sound in your environment.

2- Lines, yelling on stage, heard both from the door as well as the intercom in the dressing rooms
3- Low conversations in the dressing room, Jesse doing his warmups nearby.
4- Air Conditioning unit above me, girl next to me turning pages as she reads
5- It’s all backstage voices.  slight nervousness for the dress rehearsal, but certainly not the nervousness of a performance.  The noise from the stage ranges with the emotion of the scene.
6- Backstage
7- Hushed whispers, yelling from stage, pages turning next to me.

Date, Time, Location: Thursday, February 16, 2012; 8:30PMish, half hour call of a dress rehearsal

Farthest Sounds: Hangers Clanking, wood and casters dragging on the floor.

Medium Range Sounds: Stage Manager and crew’s footsteps at a fast pace, actors footsteps slow but loud. Director and SM Screaming. Chatter, microphone feedback

Closets Sounds: Commands from amplifier, sound check, pen and papers turning.

Sound Activity (Amount/Level): Loud

Descriptive Word: Hectic

Essential Sounds: Assortment of footsteps, Verbal commands from SM, Sound check with feedback on amplifier.