For some time, stage management has had the saddest workbox on all of the Acting Company tour. Nick and I have vowed to change that this year. At the Guthrie we came into possession of some blue ropelight, and were going to cobble together some kind of interior lighting. Our TD, Bobby, said he would help us install it, and picked up some parts at Home Depot in Minneapolis.
Here in Pittsfield, MA, we finally got some spare time, and Bobby spent what must have been three hours on our box. The result is gorgeous. Not only is every shelf and compartment lit with ropelight, but it’s dim-able, and we also have two outlets in the shelf that serves as our laptop-holder. The ropelight that was handed down to us has a burnout, which we were OK with, but Bobby is going to replace it for us when we get near a Home Depot. It’s probably a good idea, because it’s kind of comical that the dead spot landed exactly over Nick’s shelf.
