LDI Portfolio Review Session

[Scott Parker]

Hello All,
For those of you who are going to LDI, we are having a "portfolio
review" session on the Sunday from 1pm to 3pm. We would love to have
both attendees and evaluators come join us. URTA's are coming in a few
months and this would be a great jump start for those students who are
considering grad school. However, it's not just for students. Last
year, we had several professional (working/looking for work, etc) type
folk show up and the discussion was beneficial for both the attendee
and the evaluator.

If you teach, please spread the word to your students, etc. If you're
looking to cleanup your resume/portfolio, come join us. If you're just
looking for some new ideas, and so on, and so on...

***** Note that this is NOT a job search event. The folks looking at
the resumes/portfolios are not likely looking for people. *****
With that said, we all know we're a very small community, and word of
mouth is a great thing.

If anyone would like to share suggested resume/portfolio layouts,
hints, etc... I'm all ears. We'd love to have handouts. Please send
them my way and we'll either print some out, or link to example sites.

Thanks, Scott

Co-Chair,
LDI Portfolio Review.

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Scott C. Parker
Lighting Designer
http://scottcparker.com/
Georgia & New York City

[Anshuman Bhatia]

Hi,
I did the one at USITT 2 years ago in Houston and it was massively helpful to me and getting my portfolio ready for grad school. I was also accepted to a school while I was there so get out there!
Anshu

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Anshuman Bhatia
www.anshumanbhatia.com

[Linda Uthoff]

Hi, Friends;   My school district is headed into a Bond issue and I am working with architects right now to get the best layout for a High School Performing Arts wing we can get from the money.  Could you recommend a current district or plan you think came up with a great design? We will be keeping our proscenium 750 seat auditorium, but we'd like an additional space so music and theatre don't compete for stage space quite so often.  Load in access and noise isolation from other classes is an issue I'm also dealing with.    If you have time, list the top few things you think I need to keep up front.  THANKS for your time and ADVICE! xo Linda Uthoff Manhattan High School Manhattan, Kansas --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Anshuman Bhatia <anshuma...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Michael Roche]

I'm not entirely sure, but it sounds like you're looking to build a new theatre? While we could sit here and throw out hundreds of things that would be helpful to have, the number one suggestion I can give is to hire a Theatre Consultant! There are so many things that go into the building of an effective theatre that no one can possibly think of everything unless they do this day in and day out (and even then, they can forget things). Also, without knowing the details of your space, your theatre department, and what kind of shows you put on, it's impossible for anyone here to give anything specific. Sure, I could say make sure you have a two-door loading dock with direct access to the stage and a couple 400A company switches backstage, but if your biggest shows are your annual school musicals, you probably wouldn't get much use out of those.
 
Michael Roche 

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Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:16:13 -0700
From: lin...@yahoo.com
Subject: [hstech] Best H.S. Performing Arts Plans
To: hst...@googlegroups.com

[Ken Zinkl]

The best space I think I ever worked in was the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. It had a very large shop, wide halls, large doors in each space, indoor dock, and each performance venue was as isolated from sound as it could be. I bet you don't need what they have :)

From the little bit of information you gave you are going to want the theater to have good sound isolation. The new wing needs a large band/orchestra room, possibly a choir room, a good sized scene shop with direct stage access (if you don't have one) and for fun see if you can get a drama room that is built like a black box. Over sized halls are a must for moving equipment from the band room to the stage along with over sized doors, or double doors at the very least. Think about the path that equipment will travel, the fewer turns the better. All of the doors from the band room to the stage need to be able to stay open on their own. Magnets are great for this, door stops get kicked and stolen, you will never find them when you need them. Architects are great at designing, but get a good theater consultant involved. They are the best at making a space function for our needs.

Ken




Kenneth Zinkl
Auditorium Manager
Fort Zumwalt East High School
600 First Executive Ave.
St. Peters, MO 63376
636-477-2400 ext. 2490
Fax: 636-926-3345



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Hi, Friends;

My school district is headed into a Bond issue and I am working with architects right now to get the best layout for a High School Performing Arts wing we can get from the money. Could you recommend a current district or plan you think came up with a great design? We will be keeping our proscenium 750 seat auditorium, but we'd like an additional space so music and theatre don't compete for stage space quite so often. Load in access and noise isolation from other classes is an issue I'm also dealing with. If you have time, list the top few things you think I need to keep up front. THANKS for your time and ADVICE!
xo
Linda Uthoff
Manhattan High School
Manhattan, Kansas






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Anshuman Bhatia
www.anshumanbhatia.com

[Michael Heinicke]

--- On Fri, 10/30/09, Ken Zinkl <KZi...@fz.k12.mo.us> wrote:
> Over sized halls
> are a must for moving equipment from the band room to the
> stage along with over sized doors, or double doors at the
> very least.  Think about the path that equipment will
> travel, the fewer turns the better.

In addition to doors, if this will be a multi-level building, get the biggest elevator you can. Think of having to move a piano or a bunch of 4'x8' decks and you will understand.
As others have said, hire a theater consultant. Just don't go out and hire the first one you find. Meet with them, meet previous clients, etc to see if their ideas mesh with yours and if their previous clients (or the end users) have been happy. There have been whole conversations on other lists about good and bad consultants. Try to get one of the good ones.
Another bit of advice is to get as much storage space as you can. Take a look at what you currently use and multiply that by a couple of times. It might get you close to what you would really want. I've never seen a theater that had too much storage!!

Mike Heinicke