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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 created in the limited time leading up to a production, sometimes before the show is fully formed. Examples shown include "Come Fly Away", "A Behanding in Spokane", the revival of "Hair", and the new revival of "La Cage Aux Folles". A show's poster artwork is spun off into many mediums including print ads, marquees, billboards, bus ads, and television commercials.
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...
Published 06/10/11
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,...
Published 05/27/11