Black Box – Lighting Designer

DESIGNER’S RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE DEPARTMENT

□ Check e-mail on a daily basis.

□ Attend all design and production meetings.

□ Adhere to all published deadlines.

□ Be proactive: contact your director and stage manager, find out the rehearsal schedules, check in with your fellow designers regularly, etc.

□ Provide Master Electrician, Tom Burke, with your class schedule no later than the light plot due date. This will allow daytime focus calls to be scheduled.

□ Present your design to the cast.

□ Attend necessary rehearsals.

□ Computer generated magic sheet prepared for focus.

□ Attend all daytime focus calls as agreed upon.

□ Train assistant designer and light board op on the light board.

□ Attendance at evening focus calls, light sketches, crew training sessions and all tech dates and previews.

□ Cue sheets typed with copies for stage management available no later than the first tech.

Black Box – Asst. Lighting Designer

ASST. DESIGNER’S RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE DEPARTMENT

□ Check e-mail on a daily basis.

□ Attend all design and production meetings.

□ Adhere to all published deadlines.

□ Provide Tom Burke with your class schedule no later than the light plot due date. This will allow daytime focus calls to be scheduled.

□ Attend necessary rehearsals.

□ Attendance at all daytime focus calls as agreed upon.

□ Function as light board op for “light sketch” calls.

□ Attendance at evening focus calls, light sketches and all tech dates and previews.

□ Take notes for the designer at all technical rehearsals.

□ Video tape rehearsals when needed.

□ Assist designer with creating show paperwork.

□ Assist the designer in making copies of all drafts and paperwork as requested by the shops.

Note:

The above are basic responsibilities for these positions and should function as guidelines. Responsibilities may shift based on the needs of the student and the production.