Northlight Production Assistant
I had the joy of working with Northlight Theatre in their 2023-2024 season on several of their productions. As a PA I had the following responsibilities:
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Assist stage manager with setting up room, including taping out set, assembling and printing production packets, and setting up sanitation/writing stations for first rehearsal
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Tracking all backstage elements, including scenic transitions, prop tracking, costume changes, and anything involving backstage crew; create PA workbook to track all these materials
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Assist stage manager as needed throughout rehearsal, including being on book, taking line notes, and setting up/taking down the room each day
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Train and familiarize Floor Manager and Wardrobe Supervisor with backstage duties, including walking through onstage and offstage presets, working through transitions, and any other responsibilies that involve them during the show
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Once crew is trained, serve as a floater in tech and assist those as needed; could involve supply runs, wrangling actors, being on book and doing line notes, etc.
Working at Northlight, the backstage Floor Manager and I collaborated to create a workbook containing our paperwork for the duration of the show. While certain shows required more specific tracking, the basic workbook contains the following information:
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Scene Breakdown
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Preset Checklist
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Main Tracking Document
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Props Tracking
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Entrance/Exit Plot
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Please see several examples of the workbook we created for the various productions throughout Northlight's season.
Directed by: Hamid Dehghani
Written by: Sylvia Khoury
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Cast:
TAROON - Owais Ahmed
AFIYA - Alia Peck
JAWID - Ahmad Karnal
LEYLA - Shadee Vossoughi
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Production Team:
SCENIC DESIGN - Joseph Johnson
COSTUME DESIGN - David Arevalo
LIGHTING DESIGN - Maximo Grano de Oro
*SOUND DESIGN - Jeffrey Levin
PROPS DESIGN - Mariah Bennett
STAGE MANAGER - Rita Vreeland
Dial M for Murder
Selling Kabul
Brooklyn Laundry
Directed by: Georgette Verdin
Adapted by: Jeffrey Hatcher
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Cast:
MARGOT WENDICE - Lucy Carapetyan
LESGATE - Felipe Carrasco
TONY WENDICE - Ryan Hallahan
MAXINE HADLEY - Elizabeth Laidlaw
INSPECTOR HUBBARD - Nick Sandys
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Production Team:
SCENIC DESIGN - Mara Ishihara Zinky
COSTUME DESIGN - Raquel Adorno
LIGHT DESIGN - Eric Watkins
ORIGINAL MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN - Christopher Kriz
PROPS DESIGN - Lonnae Hickman
STAGE MANAGER - Katie Klemme
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Directed by: BJ Jones
Written by: John Patrick Shanley
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Cast:
FRAN - Cassidy Slaughter-Mason
OWEN - Mark Montgomery
TRISH - Marika Mashburn
SUSIE - Sandra Delgado
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Production Team:
SCENIC DESIGN - Jeffrey D. Kmiec
COSTUME DESIGN - Izumi Inaba
LIGHTING DESIGN - JR Lederle
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION AND SOUND DESIGN - Lindsay Jones
PROPS DESIGN - Nick Bartleson
STAGE MANAGER - Katie Klemme