Alice (Experiments) in Wonderland: Day 1

Today was the first day of Alice Early Back. For those of you who are unfamiliar with college theater, the first show in the semester generally starts rehearsals before classes are back in session, to let the actors work without the stress of homework and tests. And so the designers have a large, unpaid labor force to put the show together. This is an excellent arrangement.

I'm the lighting designer for our site. And the Master Electrician. And the newly appointed IT (internet technology) guy. Which means I have a little crew of minions who have to do my bidding. It's a sweet gig.

That being said, I have a lot of work to get done in not a lot of time. We moved all the random junk out of the Lab Theater today and started setting up the new boards and computers that will be needed for the production.

Alice (or 4lice as I've started referring to it) is an inter-medial production linking three theaters on three different campuses together via Internet 2 hookups. Screens at each location display the events of the other two locations, as well as showing each site's off-stage green-screen set. The process isn't horrifically complex but it's not simple either. There's a whole lot that can go wrong and we only have two weeks to get everything shipshape.

Wish me luck

Muah!
Lyrinoir