The Benchmark

 The Newsletter for New Trier Stage Crew

September 25, 2020                                                                                                                                    Vol.1 | Issue. 2

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  • We are planning on some projects that can be worked on both for our theatre productions and some that can be a little fun. These projects will allow you to use multiple tools you might not use otherwise.
  • We are also planning on some training. Some will be all virtual and some that will need to be a hybrid of both virtual and in-person training
  • We are having our first Stage Crew Info Session for the Winter Play and the Fresh/Soph Musical Workshop on October 13th. This is will be a Virtual Info Session held over Zoom
  • Like last year, the crews for FSMW and Winter play will be combined into a Fall Semester Stage Crew, or One Crew that will be divided once we are in Tech.
 

 

The Fresh/Soph Musical workshop will be Emma!: a Pop Musical.

 

It is going to be virtual and prerecorded but we are still planning on having built and painted elements that the stage crew will be working on.  Sign Up below 

 

 
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The Winter Play will be It's a Wonderful Life:  a Live Radio Play.

 

This is will be a virtual production and will have a full set that will need to be built, painted, and lit by the Stage Crew and will be filmed in the McGee Theatre.  Sign Up below

 
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THEATER SAFETY REMINDER  - Don't ever use real weapons especially guns for productions.

 
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Weekly Vocabulary

Center line - An imaginary reference line on the playing area that indicates the exact center of the stage, travelling from up to downstage. That is why it is called so.

Announcements

The 1st installment of the All-Virtual Lagnappe Potpourri 2020: From Scratch will premiered on Sept. 24th.  Here

 2nd and 3rd installments will premiere Oct. 1st and 8th.

 

We are looking for Stage Managers and Student Leadership for both It's a Wonderful Life and Emma. Please apply below

Stage Manager Application
Student Leadership Application

Please answer these questions so that we can plan the best stage crew experience. 

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