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GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL

Stage Operations Staff

2024 Repertory Season

Production photos from the 2024 season: Highlighting the sets in the shows

Responsibilities:​​

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  • 2024 Season:

    • Pagliacci​

    • La Calisto

    • Pirates of Penzance

    • Elizabeth Cree

    • Rumpelstiltskin and the Unlovable Children (Youth Opera)

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  • Initial installation of scenery for four mainstage productions and a youth opera

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  • Changeovers for scenery, rigging, and props during our repertory performance and tech schedule

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  • Minor carpentry/props projects/upkeep throughout the season; scenery strike and deconstruction

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  • Shop Shuffle: before changeovers, shuffle the scenic units around in our shops and storage to maximize space and shorten our changeover times

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  • Bonus Changeover: load in/out the Baseball Hall of Fame stage into our theater to be used for their Awards Ceremony presentation

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  • Examples of Changeover duties - laying down and screwing in the show floor, switching flying items to different line sets for either storage or show usage, stacking the Pagliacci crates, setting up the La Calisto accent legs, storing as many Pirates of Penzance props into the ship as possible, rotating the large Elizabeth Cree walls from the shop into the theater, screwing Rumpelstiltskin books into the floor/each other​​

Ops moving the Cree wall

Photo by: Sofia Negron

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12-person Stage Ops team

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Shop Shuffle in between the theater and shops

Photo by: Sofia Negron

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Bella screwing in the La Calisto floor

Photo by: Sofia Negron

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Changeover Videos by: 

Sophie Rodriguez (Asst. Tech Director of Stage Ops)

Pagliacci ---> Rumpelstiltskin and the Unlovable Children

Changeover Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

The Pirates of Penzance ---> La Calisto

Changeover Time: 3 hour 30 minutes

La Calisto ---> Pagliacci

Changeover Time: 3 hour 12 minutes

Ops stacking the Pagliacci crates

Photo by: Sofia Negron

Elizabeth Cree ---> Pirates of Penzance

Changeover Time: 3 hours 9 minutes

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GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL (cont.)

Prop Op

La Calisto and Pagliacci (2024)

Responsibilities:​​

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  • On top of my Stage Op duties, I was also the Prop Op responsible for managing the props run crew tracks for La Calisto and Pagliacci​

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  • Ensure that all props appear onstage in a safe, timely, and useful manner that adheres to the wishes and aesthetic of the design concept

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  • Make sure all props are clean/safe/intact, and report to the Props Manager about any repairs that are needed

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  • Assign pre-show duties and performance tracks to deck ops and apprentices

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  • Transfer props to and from the rehearsal halls and the theater on a weekly basis

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  • Examples of my Pagliacci track: blow up helium balloons, stuff feathers into a chicken, hand-off gun and holster to actors, clean up all the props that get thrown around onstage at the end of the show (there was a lot), ensure all set dressing is placed correctly during changeoers​

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  • Examples of my La Calisto track: hand off bows, arrows, and quivers, put together pluckable petals on a flower, be"eyes" for the flying elements

Pagliacci production photos: Highlighting some props used in the show

La Calisto production photos: Highlighting some props used in the show

Pagliacci work photos

La Calisto work photos

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BROADWAY THEATRE OF PITMAN

Backstage Crew

Wizard of Oz (2025), Big Fish (2023), Into the Woods (2023)

Responsibilities:​

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  • Moving large set pieces during scene changes

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  • Organizing props/set in the wings as the show progresses

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  • Operating the hemp fly system​

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  • Quick changing actors

One of my favorite parts of doing crew here is when I get to dress up in costume so that we can blend in with the cast during scene changes. For example, when I substituted for other crew members during Cinderella (2024) and 9 to 5 (2024) I got to wear peasant and janitor costumes. One of the hardest tracks I've had to do here is for Big Fish. The show had constantly shifting settings that called for lots of props, sets, and costumes. I was the only crew person in the SR wing, so I managed all of SR's scene changes and the 75+ props that were floating around in that wing.

Backstage Crew work photos

Throwing fish at the cast

Big Fish (2023)

Big Fish, Into the Woods, and Wizard of Oz production photos

Fellow crew members caught my lazy butt using a prop wheelchair to move around the wing

Big Fish (2023)

Operating hemp flies

Wizard of Oz (2025)

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