Assassins
Summary
Stephen Sondheim & John Weidman’s theatrical debate about the motivations driving the characters who’ve attempted to assassinate the President of the USA.
Company
The Proprietor - Jack Heydon
The Balladeer - Georgie Buckland
Sarah Jane Moore - Jessica Donnelly
Charles J. Guiteau - Alistair Fitton
Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme - Bailey Grey
John Hinkley - Robin MacKenzie
John Wilkes Booth - Jonathan O'Neill
Leon Czolgosz - Isaac Savage
Sam Byck - Lydia Stevenson
Giuseppe Zangara - Joy Tannen
Lee Harvey Oswald - Lewis Winter Petrie
Ensemble - MaKenna DeMers
Ensemble - Conor Downey Quinn
Ensemble - Dylan Evans
Ensemble - Michaela Fenech
Ensemble - Julia Murray
Ensemble - Melinda Orengo
Ensemble - Elizabeth Coverdale
Lighting
Sound
The Team
Sound Designer/Sound no.1 - Neal Clark
Production Sound Engineer - Stuart Henderson
Sound No.3 - India Kilbride
Networking
From the very start of the planning period, it was decided to implement a fully networked audio system for this show using the Dante Audio networking protocol. This was possible due to the equipment available in the chandler being Dante enabled. Due to the complexities of the show, it was essential that every member of the sound team had an understanding of what was getting plugged in where and how the power on procedure would be implemented.
The Equipment
For Assassins, we used a Yamaha QL5 digital mixing console with a RIO 32/16 stage box. During the planing stage, we made the decision to use the Shure Axient Rack, which consists of 5 AD4Q receivers, Antenna Distro, and 3 Battery Chargers. The decision to use this equipment was an easy one due to the Shure Axient equipment being Dante enabled which meant we were able to add the equipment into the existing network with ease.
We used the Chandler MacBook Pro to run Qlab 4. This was also added into our network via DVS (Dante Virtual Soundcard).
OSC
Due to the complexity of the Cueing of the sound effects along with Lighting effects. The decision was made between the Sound designer and the DSM to implement an idea which would make it much easier to ensure effects were cued at the same time.
We used the KV2 ESD12's in a different than normal orientation. We had two speakers rigged on the front bar (behind the seating bank), two speakers on the downstage bar of Catwalk 3 and finally two in stereo position on the downstage edge of Catwalk 2, both of these speakers have rotated horns. This orientation helped greatly to achieve the Surround sound effect that the director was looking for. We also used the two KV2 EX1.5 Active Subwoofers, which assisted in creating the dark effect the was required.
Technical Stage Department
Stage Management
The stage management department consisted of Stage Manager Fiona Elliott, Deputy Stage Manager Andrew Swarbrigg and Assistant Stage Managers Rhiannon Mitchell and Lea Meloee.
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