At Out is the blog for Homestead High School's Drama Club and Theatre department.
Many people reckon The Tempest’s island sorcerer formerly known as the Duke of Milan was actually a self-portrait of the playwright. What do you reckon? In this article I’ll be considering the links between Shakespeare and his character, Prospero. But before we begin, would you be able to help me in a small literary investigation? … More A real character: Is Prospero Shakespeare?
“The horror of movies is that they’re always the same – they never acknowledge the audience reaction. What keeps theatre alive is that each experience is unique. Each audience does affect the material, it affects the way that actors perform. Clarity is particularly important to me. I want the audience to at least understand what … More Audiences in Theatre
After a few weeks away, let’s get back to the world of lighting. This week I take a look at the way the stage is lit. This is not about fixture types or what is normally placed on what truss. This week is about the different areas on stage you can place lights and how … More The Way We Light
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I’m guessing I had to pry you away from practicing coloring mixing on your consoles to read this. What? The color picker? Sure you could use that, but that would be cheating now, wouldn’t it? For those of you that don’t know what the color picker is, let’s start there… Color Picker: Most consoles have a feature that … More Color Part II: Color on Stage
Older Lighting Boards: Helping to Keep the Floppy Disc Alive [For the Time Being] Yup, we still use a floppy disk int he booth to save all out light cues for each show!
When you think of Romeo and Juliet, what first comes to mind: Shakespeare’s play, the 1968 film adaptation or one of the many beautiful paintings featuring the lovers? Or, perhaps, you recall sitting in high school English, Drama or Literature trying to decipher the archaic language while pretending to find the hidden meaning of it … More Versions of Romeo & Juliet Throughout History
Mark Twain’s hilarious (1909) debunking of the myth that William Shakespeare wrote the works of Shakespeare. Adapted and performed by Keir Cutler, Ph.D. at the 2003 Winnipeg Fringe Festival. Listing the handful of established facts of Shakespeare’s life, Twain ridicules the fantasy that an uneducated youth could have wandered into London and, with virtually none … More Mark Twain’s “Is Shakespeare Dead?” with Keir Cutler, Ph.D.
From the very beginning, people in the world of stage lighting have been manipulating color to affect the mood of the show. But what is color? Color: Noun: The aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of the light reflected or emitted by them, definable in terms of the observer, or of the … More The Colors, Children. The Colors.
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