FORT WORTH OPERA
ANGELS IN AMERICA
by
PETER EÖTVÖS
Production Information
| Set/Video Designer: Peter Nigrini | Director: David Gately | | Lighting Designer: Nicholas Cavallero | Costume Designer: Claudia Stephens | | Stage Manager: Elisa Castillo | Conductor: Christopher Larkin | | Concept Period: Period New York (1980's) | | | Sets built by: Dallas Stage Scenery & Weber-Prianti | Year Built: 2008 | | Costumes built by: Dallas Theater Center | Year Built: 2008 |
Costs
| Rental Fee: | $25,000.00 (USD) for up to 4 performances | | Director: | No Right of First Refusal, but encouraged | | Set Designer royalty: | 15% ($3,750) - offer of employment | | Number and size of trucks: | 2 - 53' Air Ride trucks (rail transport permitted) estimated w/costumes | | Insurance required: | $200,000.00 | | Loading costs: | Actual union crew costs, estimated at $1,500.00 | | Notice required for loading: | One Month | | Technical Supervisor | $400 per day fee, plus housing and travel, must be present for Load-In and Load-out |
Fort Worth Opera requires a Technical Supervisor to be present for the initial load-in, set-up and load-out of all sets. This representative is not to act as the renting company's Technical Director. The cost of this Supervisor is the responsibility of the renting company and consists of daily fees for work and travel days. Round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations are also required and are in addition to the fee listed above.
Crew Requirements
In Fort Worth, the following crew sizes were used, with the 8 male supers executing the a vista scene changes. Crew sizes may vary for the renting company, depending on its schedule, the size of the theater, etc.
| Stage carpenters:(deck & fly) | Set up: 10 | Running: 13 | Strike: 10 | | Stage properties crew: | Set up: 6 | Running: 6 | Strike: 6 | | Stage Electricians: | Set up: 9 | Running: 5 | Strike: 9 | | Sound/Video crew: | Set up: 2 | Running: 2 | Strike: 2 | | Loaders: | Set up: 4 | Running: N/A | Strike: 4 | | Approximate time - building set: | 16 hours Strike: 6 | | |
Set Technical Information
| Minimum width: 75' | Minimum depth: 30'- 0" | | Total number of line sets: 25 | Line sets for scenery: 19 | | Line sets for electric's: 3 | Line sets for masking: 2 | | Linesets cleared for flying rig: 3 | | | Height of tallest drop: 22'-0" | Tripping of drops permitted: NO | | Furthest U/S flying piece: 24'-0" | Heaviest flyer: 650 lbs. (not including Heaven Catwalk) | | Dimensions of largest standing piece: 14'-6" long x 5'-0" wide x 7'-6" tall | | | Number of ground cloths: None | | | Hardware available w/rental: Yes | | | Stock scenic elements used: Black Cyc or US Masking, Black Masking Borders | | | Stock units available w/rental: No | | | Weight of scenery for shipping: N/A | | | Note: Angel Flying rig is not provided. | |
Properties Information
Properties available with show:
hand props: Yes furniture: Yes set props: Yes
weapons: N/A specialty props: ground cloths: N/A
Angel Wings need climate controlled storage
All furniture and hand props were purchased for this production only.
History of Previous Usage of Production
Company Director/Conductor Year
Fort Worth Opera Gately/Larkin 2006
Costumes
Designer: Claudia Stephens Owner: Fort Worth Opera
| Costs | | | Rental fee | $9,000, plus cleaning costs | | Costume Designer royalty | 6% | | Costume Designer services | To be negotiated by renting company | | Number of Principal costumes | 43 (8 artists) | | Number of chorus costumes | N/A | | Number of supernumeraries costumes | 26 (9 actors 7M, 2W) |
Wardrobe Supervisor required for Unpack & Packout at rate of $400 per day, plus housing and travel - The production has 8 principals artists playing 25 roles with multiple looks. There are a number of fast changes. In Fort Worth we had a wardrobe running crew of 7 dressers and 3 wig/makeup artists.
- The production requires 7 male supers with upper body definition. These play multiple characters. Two other supers (male or female) spend the entire show on top of the Heaven Catwalk, and the audience only sees them from the knees down.
Audio/Video Information
Audio Reinforcement: All principals were miced with body packs and boom-style headsets. In Fort Worth we double miced Prior and the Angel as backups for failures. Not available with rental
Synthesizers: The orchestration requires 2 Kurzewil K2600XS keyboards, 2 rack mount K2600R synthesizers with keyboard controllers, and 2 Zip250 SCSI drives. Available with rental for additional fee. Production used one stock keyboard which is not available for rental. In addition, renting company would have access to Fort Worth Opera revisions to sampling software and programming.
Video Projection: The Fort Worth production used one (1) BARCO FLM HD18 Projector with a 1.6-2.0 HB lens and scroller. Projector not available with production. Projection specifics must be discussed wi
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