It is past time for me to post on ISU THEATRE.
At the moment I am working as the Lighting Designer for Neil LaBute’s Beauty plays Trilogy. Today we started the light hang and it went very well. I am lucky to have an assistant. Olachi Anaemereibe, who some of you may know, is a Design College student, who took Theatre 255 last semester. She is working with me as part of her summer internship. For me, it has been a great joy, to introduce Olachi to more of the theatre world. These three plays share a general theme, but have different characters and plots. Designing the lighting for three works on one set has been an interesting and rewarding challenge.
Another interesting aspect about these plays is that I HATE every character in all three plays…… Not the actors, not the plays but there is little to like about these people. They are vain, manipulative, egoists who seem to care little for the people around them. Thank God the people working on these plays are the exact opposite!
Working with StageWest feels like a second home. I am working with Todd Buchraker(director of Marigolds 2010) Emily Ganfield(Costume Designer for Marigolds and Mockingbird spring 2012) and Jay Jagim (Set Designer for Hedda) along with many other past and present ISU Theatre people. StageWest has really proved to be a professional outlet for ISU Theatre! If you have not worked with the people at StageWest, please consider it. Jane, Kelly, Brad and I would be happy to help you get involved. As you have noticed from reading this BLOG Charlie Ziemann, Caleb Woodley, Jeff White, Michael Heath and Austin Kopsa are also part of this project.
I also have been working at The Ames City Auditorium. Mostly watching rehearsals of Annie Jr. Directed by ISU ‘s Kelsey Kovacevich, Stage Management by Brittny Rebhuhn, Musical Direction by Colin Morgan and a design team of Brook Berg, Nick Veenstra, and Madison Welterlen. It is amazing the quality of work coming from that stage. Story Theatre is another great opportunity to flex your theatrical muscles.
Keep up the good work everyone. Reading this blog has been great fun.
Jim Trenberth
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