Sam O.

This is Sam O. For the "A Midsummer Night's Dream," I am in Tech with Mr. Beck in Carlson Auditorium. That is the job that I wanted the most. It is a good experience for me. I have never done anything involving Shakespeare, and I think that it is pretty confusing, mostly because of the language. They don't use very modern english, and it doesn't make very much sense to me. I have done small plays with just my grade or just my class, but never anything big like this. In Tech we are mainly just cleaning out Carlson and getting rid of everything that we don't need, and making lists of what we still need. We carried out all of the junk and put it on the stage and sorted through it. A few days ago, Mr. Hensley came in and talked to us about lighting. He did the lights for the big stage at Millennium Park in Chicago, so he knows a lot about lights. He showed us all sorts of lights and how they work. That will help us a lot, also. We all have different jobs, but right now we are all just working together on cleaning our Carlson. Some of the jobs are: Stage Manager, Assistant Stage Manager, Lighting Director, Assistant Lighting Director, Sound Director, and House Manager. I actually don't really have a job. That is because I am doing business with Noah Taborda, Cooper Brannigan, and Jack Cudecki. I have only had one meeting, and all I know is that we are managing all the money that is going into this play. We are also doing box office, which is the main reason why I am doing business. I thought that box office would be interesting, and I hope that it will be. So, overall, I think that this play will teach me a lot.