RIDE THE CYCLONE

By: Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell

Role: A2

Bridges Theatre Company

Venue: The Rauh Theater, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Point Park University

Pittsburgh, PA

Director: Madeline Bedford

Technical Director: Sam Crowe

Technical Director/A1: Owen Zacharias

Production Team:

Stage Manager: Jessica Hampton

Scenic Designer: Stella Frazier

Costume Designer: Alex Hamm

Lighting Designer: Nathan Phillips

Sound Designer: Ian Stoll

Props Charge: Mouse Stoye

job description

Assisted in sound equipment load in consisting of speaker rigging, speaker patching, and point-souce microphone setup.

Shadowed the Sound Designer, Ian Stoll, and the A1, Owen Zacharias, during the tech process, assisting when needed.

Roles and responsibilities during the run included sound board operator, projection board operator, setting up/managing microphone elements and receivers, and assisted in getting actors into microphones.

Aided in sound equpment strike by organizing/putting away all microphone-related equipment, safely lowering and striking speakers from heights, and organizing all borrowed equipment within their designated areas.

learned skills

  1. Speaker rigging

  2. Microphone management

  3. Sound signal flow

  4. Multi-tasking

  5. Safe equipment handling and management