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ATW - In The Wings
by American Theatre Wing
Focusing on the people who are almost never in the news but who are essential to the making of the shows we all see and love, In The Wings explores the talents and stories behind the scenes, from the costume and scenic shops to the rehearsal room to the stage itself, with designers, artisans and craftspeople explaining their unique contributions to theatrical art in their own words. These short videos shine the spotlight on disciplines you may not even realize are a part of theatrical production and celebrate the full diversity of talent that contribute to bringing a show to the stage.
Episodes
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Child Wrangler - June, 2011
Child Wrangler Felicia Velasco is the guardian for a show's young cast members while they're at the theatre for performances and rehearsals. As a combined authority figure and assistant, she ensures the child actors are prepared, are kept safe, and helps to manage their downtime. Seen here…
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Associate Lighting Designer - May, 2011
Associate Lighting Designer Caroline Chao takes care of all the details for a lighting designer, including handling the production schedule, helping to draft the lighting plot, and keeping track of notes, follow spots, and the cue list. She takes us through her role in the production process, and...
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Theatrical Sculptor - April, 2011
Theatrical Sculptor Nino Novellino specializes in creating sculpture and costume armor for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. Costume armor was first developed for the original production of "Man of La Mancha". Novellino talks about his work on the set of "Cats", "Sunset Boulevard", and the Green...
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Special Effects Designer - April, 2011
Special Effects Designer Gregory Meeh uses a vast array of technologies to build illusions for live stage productions. He has created pyrotechnic explosions and atmospheric effects such as rain, fire, and fog for "Spamalot", "Women on the Verge", and "110 in the Shade" on Broadway. A special…
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Director of Community Engagement - April, 2011
Director of Community Engagement Anita Maynard-Losh leads all education and outreach programs at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. Her extensive background in arts education began with acting, directing, then teaching at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and throughout Alaska. As...
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Costume Shop Manager - March, 2011
Costume Shop Manager Carol Hammond works closely with the costume designer, and deals with all of the logistics of costuming. She oversees costumes being shopped and built, fittings, budgeting, and hiring and managing an extensive staff. At Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, Hammond and her core staff...
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Technical Director - March, 2011
Technical Director Mike Cristaldi supervises the installation and engineering of the physical production of a show. At Philadelphia Theatre Company, he coordinates all the technical elements, such as scenery, lighting, sound, wardrobe, props, and video, between each of PTC's departments and a...
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Theatrical Milliner - February, 2011
Theatrical Milliner Lynne Mackey makes customized hats for stage productions. Theatrical hats are created for a specific show, character, and costume design, fitted for each individual actor including their wig and microphone pack. Mackey must make adjustments for the needs of the sound designer,...
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Prop Manager - January, 2011
Prop Manager Desiree Maurer scouts for props, as one of her many responsibilities in furnishing and filling a play's set. At Playwrights Horizons, Maurer manages the timeline prior to rehearsals, working with a show's designers, formulating a budget, shopping for props, ordering materials,...
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Ticket Sales Manager - December, 2010
Ticket Sales Manager Cinda Barbuto oversees all aspects of ticketing including the box office, group sales, and telemarketing. She worked her way up from the box office at Goodspeed Musicals where she now programs the computerized ticketing system which handles individual tickets as well as…
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Cast Album Producer - December, 2010
Cast Album Producer Kurt Deutsch, co-founder of Sh-K-Boom Records, preserves musical theatre history by overseeing entire production of cast recordings, including hiring the engineer, directing the cast in day-long studio sessions, and giving the composer the final word. Each recording has a…
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Sound Engineer - October, 2010
Sound Engineer Carin Ford ensures the sound design of a production is transparent to audiences while effecting the mood and feel of a show. Ford traces her career from her early interest in music, to meeting and working with Lily Tomlin, to numerous Broadway productions. Ford explains how mixing…
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Model Builder - October, 2010
Model Builder Steven Kemp explains how a model is the main communication tool in visualizing and building a show's set. Kemp works with scenic designer David Gallo in turning his design sketches into perfectly scaled models. Kemp highlights the advantages of a physical three-dimensional model as...
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Production Manager - October, 2010
Production Manager Ruth Sternberg is the primary facilitator in executing a stage production within its given financial parameters. She discusses with the director and designers what they want to achieve and provides staffing and resources for each play. After 10 years at Trinity Rep with Oskar...
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Musical Director - September, 2010
Musical Director Carmel Dean is responsible for many different aspects in a musical production, from collaborating with the director to overseeing music rehearsals and conducting performances. Dean traces her theater career from performing in high school musicals in Australia with Heath Ledger…
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Shoe Designer - September, 2010
Theatrical Shoe Designer Phil LaDuca worked as a Broadway dancer, choreographer and dance teacher before creating LaDuca dance shoes. He has created character shoes with the needed flexibility to be danceable, as well as the support and security for singers and actors. He works with costume...
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Wig Maker - July, 2010
Theatrical Wig Maker Paul Huntley explains the multitude of advantages of using wigs on stage; how he started his career in theatre; his preference for a natural look; working on the long-running musical "Cats"; and his ability to be a prolific designer. Huntley demonstrates tying hair to create…
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Dramaturg - June, 2010
Dramaturg Anne Cattaneo explains her primary responsibilities, and likens her job to an acquisitions editor in a publishing house. Cattaneo has developed an extensive knowledge of languages, culture, and theatre history. In-depth research is often required for productions with complex timelines...
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Orchestrator - January, 2010
Orchestrator Christopher Jahnke shares how he creates the way a show musically feels by breaking it down into individual instrumental parts; learned from his mentor William Brohn, orchestrator of "Miss Saigon" and "Wicked"; studied '50s music to give the "Grease" revival an authentic sound; and...
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Fight Director - December, 2009
Fight director Rick Sordelet creates the action in "Superior Donuts" that is an integral part of the storytelling; demonstrates the visual and audible illusions of onstage fighting; breaks down the sword fighting staging in "The Royal Family"; and explains the purpose of a fight-call and the...
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Dialect Coach - December, 2009
Theatrical dialect coach Stephen Gabis talks about his craft and how he started by listening to his Irish-Lithuanian family and early television; why he describes "The 39 Steps" as "an aerobic dialect event"; Gabis works with actor Eric Hissom on multiple characters; and how a knowledge of...
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Dance Captain - November, 2009
Greg Graham, Dance Captain of "Billy Elliot", talks about the ongoing task of maintaining the choreography of the show; how one becomes a dance captain; the mix of civilian movement and tradition dance styles in this production. He is seen here teaching a tricky tap routine to new cast member…
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Make Up Designer - November, 2009
Make Up Designer Angelina Avallone outlines her design process; the research that goes into a design; how desinging the "no-make up" look can be much more of a challenge than chaacter make up - we see some of her designs from "Rock of Ages", "Little Mermaid" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"…
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Lighting Supervisor - January, 2011
Lighting Supervisor Dan Montano facilitates the lighting designs created for productions at Two River Theater Company. Previously an actor, Montano took a 10-day job as a carpenter, then stayed to learn as much as possible about the equipment. He works with many of the same designers, executing...
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Scenic Charge Artist - November, 2010
Scenic Charge Artist Jason Edwards paints walls, backdrops, and props to create the visual surface details of a show's set. At the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Edwards works with each production's scenic designer and interprets their vision, using paint and a variety of materials. Each project...
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Puppet Designer - August, 2010
Puppet Designer Emily DeCola of The Puppet Kitchen has been designing and building puppets in New York for 7 years. She explains the wide scope of creating characters, sculpting puppets from a variety of materials, and both the possibilities and limitations in performing using puppets. She shares...
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Voice Teacher - August, 2010
Voice Teacher Linda Benanti shows performers how to develop their voice to make their singing sound easy and natural. Singing requires both athletic and mental abilities, along with dedication and hard work. Benanti walks us through the parts of a voice lesson; recounts being asked to work with...
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Sound Designer - July, 2010
Tony Award winning Sound Designer Robert Kaplowitz is responsible for the sound system and sound content of a production. In a play, that content includes both music and sound effects. His primary skills are listening and the ability to understand a play and help an audience connect to the text....
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Casting Director - May, 2010
Casting Director Tara Rubin talks about the casting process, working with the director and creative team; her career beginnings at Johnson & Liff casting the original company of "Les Miserables", and seen here holding auditions for its 25th anniversary tour; the excitement of casting a variety of...
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Scenic Designer - May, 2010
Scenic designer Riccardo Hernandez creates sets built from the text of a production, creating an honest space for actors and ideas to work within. Hernandez knew he wanted a career designing opera sets by age 10, went on to study at Yale with Ming Cho Lee, and later broadened his work to theatre....
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House Manager - April, 2010
House Manager Brian Gaynair handles the day-to-day operations of the Shubert Theatre, is the primary liasion between the production and the theatre owner, and coordinates between all the front of house departments. His career path started in security and brought him to the Shubert Theatre where…
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Sign Language Interpreter - April, 2010
Sign Language Interpreter Alan Champion combines his performing skills with his sign language background to interpret live theatre. He stresses the importance of being a good listener, and concentrating on the immediate performance rather than the original script. He explains the unique...
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Art Director - April, 2010
Art Director Gail Anderson of advertising agency SpotCo brings her passion for graphic design to create visual identities for theatrical works. Anderson traces her career from the School of Visual Arts to the Boston Globe to Rolling Stone and now Broadway. She explains how many designs are…
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Theatrical Photographer - March, 2010
Theatrical Photographer T. Charles Erickson captures two-dimensional representations that become the historical record of live stage productions. Erickson grew up with a camera always by his side, from childhood through "Woodstock" to his first photography job at Yale University. At a Yale...
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Theatre Design Specialist - March, 2010
Theatre Design Specialist Roger Morgan talks about how his education in scenic and lighting design and backstage experience helped determine his focus in the field of architecture. He works on new designs as well as restorations, fully evaluating the existing damage and work required. For the...
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Stage Automation Engineer - February, 2010
Stage Automation Engineer Chuck Adomanis designs the modern automated system for moving theatrical scenery. He demonstrates the control system on the new set built for the "Billy Elliot" tour. His designs created on computer are executed by many craftsmen on the shop floor. Notable designs using...
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Aerial Choreographer - February, 2010
The aerial choreographer, Paul Rubin, creates flying sequences for the stage from start to finish. During a rehearsal of a new production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", Rubin shows the equipment used. He also talks about his background as a magician/illusionist, and the...
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Textile Artisan - January, 2010
Textile Artisan Gene Mignola works closely with costume designers, taking patterns and creating fabric that ultimately conveys their vision. He explains how printing fabric has evolved over the years from designs done by hand on paper to computer-aided drawings, and from using single-color...
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Costume Designer - October, 2009
Costume Designer Carrie Robbins details the process of costume design from the phone call to the sketch to the construction of the costume; relates the story of finding the perfect fabric for the "Sisters" dresses in "White Christmas" and not being able to purchase enough for all three…
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Animal Trainer - October, 2009
William Berloni, theatrical Animal Trainer, discusses the interaction between human and actors and their animal co-stars; how the animals learn cues and what they do if they misunderstand; how the animals adapt and learn one step at a time from Bill's backyard to an applause-filled theatre; how...
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Projection Designer - October, 2009
Projection Designer, Jeff Sugg, details the process of creating the artwork used for projections, how to get it into the computer and finally out on the stage; the technical advances in the past years; the mysticism of projections; the cohesion of the "33 Variations" design team; how projections...
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Stage Manager - October, 2009
Martha Donaldson, Stage Manager, discusses her role as a conduit for the director, cast and designers; assisting the director with getting their vision on to the stage and maintaining the director's vision after she leaves the production; how putting together a production is like putting together…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Focusing on the people who are almost never in the news but who are essential to the making of the shows we all see and love, In The Wings explores the talents and stories behind the scenes, from the costume and scenic shops to the rehearsal room to the stage itself, with designers, artisans and craftspeople explaining their unique contributions to theatrical art in their own words. These short videos shine the spotlight on disciplines you may not even realize are a part of theatrical production and celebrate the full diversity of talent that contribute to bringing a show to the stage.
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American Theatre Wing
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