Caroline Steinberg ’24 is helping to maintain as the assistant stage manager for the production./wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/nDuring rehearsals, Steinberg was responsible for writing down all the blocking and stage placement for every actor, set pieces and props in the show. On show nights, her responsibilities expand to fixing broken set pieces, moving and sanitizing props and staying in constant communication with all of the teams backstage./wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n
“This is not only more duties than I’ve ever had before, but on an absolutely massive production,” says Steinberg, “It is definitely the biggest job I’ve had on a school production and my first with any sort of professional theatre.”/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n
Steinberg adds that working closely with professionals has helped her learn a lot about being a stage manager and an effective collaborator. With a large amount of props, set changes and actors to wrangle, the challenge of “Heathers: the Musical,” has helped her grow as a future theatre professional./wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/nOU students Justin Martin and Emily Scoular help work the light board for “Heathers: The Musical”/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/nAnother student working hard behind the scenes is theatre major Justin Martin ’22. Closely shadowing/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/u00a0accomplished Atlanta lighting designer D. Connor/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/u00a0McVey, Martin helped hang cable and focus lights during construction of the massive set. During the show, he and fellow student Emily Scoular/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/u00a0flank McVey at the light board, assisting him with lighting cues and learning more about theatre tech along the way./wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n“I’ve always loved being in the casts and hanging lights, but this show got even more fascinating once I got behind the light board and really [got] to see the collaborative process firsthand that goes on between designers and the director, Freddie Ashley,” says Martin./wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/nProducing any kind of live show requires a well-coordinated effort from the people both on and off the stage. Certainly, a large-scale, professional production like “Heathers” is no different. Though this production has been an invaluable learning experience for Oglethorpe students, each of them has stepped up to deliver professional-quality technical work, understanding the focus and coordination required of live theatre — especially during the COVID-19 pandemic./wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n
After helping to bring this musical to life, these students can look forward to putting these honed skills to use after graduation./wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n
“Heathers: the Musical” finishes out its run this week at 好色先生TV. With only five shows left, be sure to grab tickets now to see the bombastic high school comedy musical that has Atlanta buzzing./wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":73948,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[4554,4558,4552],"tags":[3017,3624,2320,71,3534,3625,3626,63],"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-73943","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-arts-culture","category-featured","tag-career-prep","tag-caroline-steinberg","tag-conant","tag-conant-performing-arts-center","tag-heathers","tag-jonathan-rollins","tag-justin-martin","tag-theatre"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/nStudents work behind the scenes with theatre pros to bring "Heathers" to the stage/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/t /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/t /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/t /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n/wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/t /wp-json/wp/v2/news/73943/n