The set of the play “Comedy of Errors” was finished in 2 weeks by a set crew of approximately 30 people. It was one of the shortest production plays in the troupe’s history and was directed by Chase Hodgeson.
During the production of the play Sophomore, Atlas Jorgensen said he was worried about the output of the play.
“I hope that by our theatrical miracles, we can get it together and the actors will perform on wet paint Thursday evening,” Jorgensen said “It’s going to be great.”
The play was originally supposed to have more time, but due to the late start of the year it didn’t start up as fast as planned.
“The “Comedy of Errors” set, like all our sets, took us quite a while to do it,” Sophomore Cordi Leung said “We kind of got off schedule because we didn’t always have the amount of people we needed.”
Tech Theatre also needs a lot of students to finish their sets in time as they were forced to work with a skeleton crew of less than 10 for some days.
“They’re supposed to be doing the set, but they can’t because they’re onstage rehearsing.” Director Chase Hodgeson said.
Sophomore Vincent Dang said that the Tech Department is very accessible to new students.
“The set crew is really welcoming because they always need new people to help,” Dang said. “I joined tech as a freshman, knowing practically no one in theater. And I ended up, even after the first show, with an extra ten friends.”
Tech Theatre is also a pathway for students who are confident in their acting but still want to participate in Theatre.
“I wanted to just do theater in general, but I wasn’t very confident in my acting abilities,” Dang said. “There were also no auditions because I had missed them so this was a way I found I was able to contribute.”
Leung said Tech Theatre is also a lot of work as they work on Saturdays and every afternoon.
“You don’t get time to do clubs and stuff if you’re officially part of the team because you have to be there so often,” Leung said.
However, in the process, a lot of Tech Theatre students have learned new skills from the process.
“I have learned how to set up an audio system that routes the mics over to the servers, over to the table, and adjust mics from there,” Jorgensen said. “So I think that’s pretty valuable. That’s the most extensive thing I’ve learned.”
One of the most important aspects of Tech Theatre is not just building, sound and lighting are also very important for the play too.
“Somebody who really wants to learn about how to do things physically with building or lighting or sound or whatever,” Hodgeson said. “The biggest thing is that I want somebody that wants to be proud of what they do. As long as they’re willing to really work and be proud of what they’re working on, then I’m in.”
