Drama Theatre – Set 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.

□ Present your design to the cast.

□ Attend necessary rehearsals.

□ Provide applicable drafts and paperwork to shop, director, stage management, and lighting designer.

□ With stage manager and asst. designer, tape out set for rehearsal and in the theatre.

□ Once the set design is approved, you must check-in with Technical Director, Gary Casarella, on a regular basis. See Gary to devise a specific schedule.

□ Attend all evening paint calls, crew training sessions and all tech dates and previews.

□ If scenery moves, provide appropriate track sheets and drawings for the director and stage management.

Drama Theatre – Asst. Set 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.

□ Attend necessary rehearsals.

□ With stage manager and designer, tape out set for rehearsal and in the theatre.

□ Create props list for the production.

□ Compare props list with department properties manager’s list. Work in conjunction with the student department props master to locate all props for production.

□ Assist stage management in locating rehearsal props and furniture.

□ Work as head scenic artist for the production.

□ Work with Lynne to make sure all materials are ready for paint calls.

□ Attend all evening paint calls, crew training sessions 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.

□ Attend strike, making sure all rehearsal and show props are accounted for and reshelved.

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.