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Tech week’’ to iron out production bugs Stage manager Ted Anderson is heart and soul of production. Another bug to be worked out This Thursday, the Theater Department' opens its second production of the school year, “Play It' Again Sam,” by Woody Allen. The protagonist (Rod Ragsdale), is a movie reviewer who fantasizes being in famous' scenes from his. favorite movies. duction. It’s called “Cue-to- Cue.” Each technician has a set of plans, called light plots or set plans, that outlines every move the tech must make during the production. In order to produce a play with any semblance of realism, it is necessary to have good sound and lighting technicians. For example, in this play the audience has to believe that the main character is having a fan tasy, that he is dreaming. The viewers have to be able to see' into his mind and see" what he sees. This is where the techni cians (“techs”.) come in. Since, last Sunday, and on through today, all of the techs have been working with the ac tors and the director to smooth out the rough spots in the pro- Kermit Shafer, producer for the 'play, , said, “It gives everyone four 'days to calm down and get used to what they are doing. If things are readyy. goes smoother. Staff photos by Duffy Coffman Shafer has some 43 years experience in stage production, and has done over 360 shows in his life. “Once I did 32 shows in 15 months. I was a' wreck after that.” He says that being a pro ducer means constantly super vising -people because they don’Jt hâve the skills to do many things themselves. But his students, do learn the skills needed to put on a good show. “We have no prima donnas here. Everybody is willing to learn and they complain very Jittie,”"he said. Another area of producing a good show is in building sets. For this upcoming show, the tireless stagehands have put over 300 man hours of labor into the set. There are eight people who regularly work six to eight hours a week building sets for the Theater Depart ment. Shafer himself spent over 60 hours just designing the set and laying out the plans for the crew to' work from. Still, he has a mellow way of controlling all that goes on. For example, while this interview was taking place, people came tp him for ie gets under his advice and help no less than 15 times in a one-hour period. Never once did Shafer get upset or raise his voice. This is probably why there are no prima donnas in the Theater Department—they are treated like people, not stupid idiots or “screw ups.” Shafer summed it up by saying, “We don’t yell around here, we like to keep it nice-and calm.” “The whole object .of educa tional theater is to give them (the . students) a feeling of achievement,” says Shafer. He also has a neat way of letting them know when he doesn’t like the way they have done something. It is the sarrie as when he is praising them. Quietly and calmly, he explains what they have done, and either praises or razes them. Proud of his stage crew, Shafer says of the stage manager, “I give him a list of things to do for the day, and he sees to it that things get done.” The stage manager is responsi ble for everything that is going on behind the stage, and if the producer wants to correct somebody, he goes to the stage manager and tells him who he wants chewed out. One of world's best climbers slated Outdoor Program Specialist Kelly Sullivan and Chuck Adams, veteran mountaineer, have gotten together to bring Jim Bridwell, 30, Bne of the five best moun tain climbers in the world, Io the College.. He will be ■appearing in the Fireside lounge on Friday from Boon to 1:30 p..m., to ednesday, March 4, 1981 give a lecture and show a most experience of any man in climbing Yosemite film. Bridwell is' an excellent Valley, Calif. Bridwell speaker, and of course, developed the modern an excellent climber, ac- method of “freeclimbing” used by climbers cording to Sullivan. hasz climbed most of the everywhere. To have such an expert major mountains in the World, including Cerro outdoorsman as Jim Torre and the north pillar Bridwell speak here is an ofFitzroy, both in Argen opportunity that may not tina and the north face of come again for a long, the Eiger. He has the long time, n, OREGON CITY AUTO PARTS Machine Shop WlOMam 655-2503 MON.-FRI. 8 TO 5:38 surtos
