The Trojan Women: Tech Week

Opening night for The Trojan Women is tomorrow! We’ve spent the last few days putting all of the pieces into place. Here are a few behind-the-scenes shots of what we’ve been up to.

CUE TO CUE

On Sunday while most of you were enjoying a brilliant fall day, the cast and crew of The Trojan Women was in Cue to Cue, a rehearsal that is exactly how it sounds. Moving from one light or sound cue to the next, our stage manager sets his stand-by lines and practices the timing for calling those cues.  While this might not sound that complicated, imagine how different a scene would be if a light cue were called a few seconds earlier or later. Sometimes we have to run cues five or six times to get it all right. Luckily, our assistant stage manager Caleb Stern kept the cast focused. Senior Khanh Pham and board operators Francois Kaeppelin and Long Nguyen did an incredible job setting the tone for the show, so much that the next few rehearsals ran almost without flaws…highly unusual for a tech. week!

Khanh watches the stage like a hawk and Francois waits patiently for his next "Go" from his stage manager.
Khanh watches the stage like a hawk and Francois waits patiently for his next “Go” from his stage manager.

 

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Hecuba, played by Neha Nascimento, and her daughter, the prophet Cassandra, played by Trixie Williems, get a chance to feel the light on their faces.

 

COSTUMES AND MAKEUP

We’ve had lots of fun getting to play with the dirt we bought for this show. It really works!

Amazing dirt make-up.
Amazing dirt make-up.
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Hecuba and Helen of Troy, Leeanna Albanese, have very dirty hands…
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Our Greek Warriors (l-r, Eric Chen, Teddy Wolfe and AK Hafez) and Poseidon (Henning Fischel) help each other get ready for battle.

PHOTO CALL

On Sunday afternoon we welcomed photographer Joanna Chattman to take pictures of the show. Check out  her amazing photographs on our flickr site.

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The opening of the play with all of The Trojan Women (l-r Trixie Willems, Anna Wilinsky, Alara Akisik, Neha Nascimento, Emma Demerath, and Leeanna Albanese).

 

 

The Trojan Women performs October 15-17 and 22-24 at 7:30.

Click here for more information and to order tickets.

 

 

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