[nabs-l] Theatrical lighting done by the blind?

[Mark J. Cadigan]

I have run the lights for my schools drama production. At my school the 
entire system is computerized. All you do is punch a button and bring up a 
preset light cue. This takes a lot of work to set up and get rite, but once 
you program the digital light board, all you have to do is hit the next 
button and it brings up the next cue. The stage director just says cue, 
threw the headsets, and if it is a light cue, I hit the button and the 
lights change. It works extremely well. I don't know what kind of setup 
there is at your school, but if it is anything like the setup in my schools 
Bulger theater, it will work fine.

If you have any questions, you can email me off list and I would gladly 
discuss the specifics of how it works and whatnot.

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Subject: [nabs-l] Theatrical lighting done by the blind?


> Hi all,
>
> A friend of mine asked me to make some inquiries. She participates 
> actively with her school's drama club, and has done everything from 
> painting back drops, to performing, and manning the sound controlls. She 
> is eager to try her hand at the lighting end of the theater work. Some of 
> her classmates are discouraging, but her teacher says if she can find a 
> good method, he will be up for giving it a shot.
>
> If anyone has experience in theatrical lighting as a blind individual, and 
> has any tips or techniques they wouldn't mind sharing, she and I would 
> really appreciate any information.
>
> Thanks.
> Aziza
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