10/15/04
Preshow.
Load Dracula Lighting Disk
Do Dimmer/Lighting Check
Check Bram Stoker Projector
Load Dracula Sound Program Disk
Check Sound and Speaker Levels
Check Headset system
Check Greenroom and Dressing Room System
Run Fly Check, all moving items in and out.
Check smoke machine fluid level, Turn on machine and test.
Check all pyrotechnic effects.
Check elevator, In and Out.
Sweep Floor
Damp Mop Floor
Check Prop Tables.
Do a Dark Check, turn off all lights.
Main Drape IN
Legs Line 3 IN
Legs Line 5 IN
SR Arch/Scrim and SL Arch/Blacks Line 5 IN
SL Leg Line 9 IN
Mid-SR Arch/Leg Line 12 IN
CL Drape Line 13 IN
CL Window Line 14 IN
USL Arches/Legs Line 14 IN
SUN Sunset Spike #1 IN
Blacks Line 18 IN
Chandelier Line 4 OUT
Moon Line 17 OUT
Renfields supper Table and Chair on Apron fully dressed:
wine glass
napkin
flat wear etc
Waiters wine bottle and Silver platter with rat ready off SR
Bram Stokers Slide warning
Lucys bed on spike. Bed made with Blue Bedspread, Clean sheets, "cape" blanket, and two pillows.
3 framed photos on nightstand
Minas business book on bed
Harkers valise and briefcase preset on SL3
Lucys Sitting Room table w/ matching blue table cloth/chair/ hand mirror preset on SL2 slip wagon
Renfields bench preset on SR1 slip wagon
I.1 Renfield Supper
Cue Slide
Enter Waiter with Red Wine Bottle
Enter Waiter with Silver Platter, rat inside
Attendance strike table and chair and costume
Curtain Line 1 OUT
Slide Out
I.2 Lucys Bedroom
SCENE 1.2A Lucys Bedroom Sunset
SCENE 1.2B Harker Scene Scrim +96
Make bed, remove blanket.
Sun Line 16 OUT
Moon Line 17 IN, Spike #1
SCENE 1.2C Lucys Bedroom w/Moon
Strike Harkers briefcase and valise SL5
Harkers writing table, chair and Silver Goblet SL5
SCENE 1.2D Harker Scene Scrim +96
Clean up bed
Moon Line 17 NO CHANGE
Preset Lucys Sitting Room table/chair/hand mirror SL2 on spike
I.3 Lucys Sitting Room
Strike Harkers writing table, chair, writing props and Silver Goblet SL5
Lighting cue isolates on Seward as he exits Lucys Bedroom. During this moment,
Preset Renfields bench on SR1 on stage
Preset Renfields birdcage with Sparrow on +24 SR2 Ledge
I.4 Renfields Cell
Lucy and Minas Robes Preset on SL4
Draculas Silhouette SR2 warning
Smoke burst SR2 warning
Smoke baffle?
Moon Line 17 NO CHANGE
I.5 Dracula/ Harker Appearances
Draculas Silhouette behind scrim SR2
Smoke burst SR2
Harker appears as Dracula exits unseen
I.6 Lucys Bedroom Night
Moon Lights up
Remove Sparrow from Renfields Birdcage SR2
I.7 Renfields cell
Remove SL slip wagon with dressing table
I.8 Harker SL5
I.9 Harker, Lucy/Mina, and Renfields
Lucy throws open window
Moon Lights up
Move Coffin SL1 onto Apron with Stage hand inside
Warn and Preset Ships Wheel SL4 off stage
I.10 Coffin
Move Ships Wheel w/skeleton SL3 onstage
Moon OUT
Sun IN Sunrise Spike
I.11 Ships Wheel
Small White Cloth on Lucys Bedstand
Strike Coffin DSL
I.12 Lucys Bedroom
Strike Ships Wheel off stage
Sunrise lights up
I.13 Entryway to Lucy
White Sanitarium chair preset SL5
Sun OUT
Moon IN #1
I.14 Sanitarium
Dracula in PLACE behind Drapes
I.15 Lucys Bedroom
Strike Sanitarium Chair from SL5
Lucy throws open CL windows
Stage hands will slam the window shut on Draculas gesture
I.16 Renfields Cell
Move Renfields cell SR1 onstage
Preset any equipment needed for blood transfusion on Lucys bed
I.17 Van Helsing
Preset Dracula supper table SR1 off stage
Preset Ready SR4, Draculas Stairway Entryway
CL Chandelier warning
I.18 Lucys Bedroom
-Light isolates Mina and Van Helsing DSL reading Harkers Journal-
As this happens,
Chandelier Line 4 IN
Drape Line 13 OUT
Window Line 14 OUT
Strike Lucys Bed
Move Supper Table onstage
Move Dracula hallway onstage.
Preset Vixens / Harkers Bed backstage with baby bag preset on back of headboard
Preset Harkers Valise, rosary, and Briefcase on Harkers bed
Preset Harkers table, pitcher, basin of water, towel and coat rack backstage.
small mirror inside
-Draculas castle in Transylvania
Chandelier lights to Draculas gesture
When Dracula moves to supper table, Slide SL4 with Harkers bed onstage
Slide Shaving table SL2 onstage
CL Chandelier lights snuff out with Draculas gesture
Move Coffin SL1 onto apron
Raven does its thing, whatever that is.
Curtain Line 1 IN
END OF ACT ONE
INTERMISSION
Cue backstage work lights
Strike Vixens bed from SL4
Strike shaving table and coat rack SL2
Strike Dinner Table SR2
Strike Dracula Hallway SR4
Prep SR 5 with Door to Draculas Hallway for Castle for final scene
Preset Lucys Tomb backstage SR4 to ready position offstage
Place Guest room, Asylum Bed, night stand with small hand mirror
Place Fireplace, small table and chairs
Small mound of dirt DS on top of trap door
Preset Renfields cell preset with M4M chair and small curved sword SR1
Prep Orchestra Pit with lights and stairwell/ elevator for Minas decent
Prep SR 5 with Door to Draculas Castle
Chandelier Line 4 OUT
CL Drape Line 13 IN
CL Window Line 14 IN
String garlic on fireplace
Turn OFF backstage work lights
Curtain Line 1 OUT
II.1 Guest Room at the Asylum
II.2 Renfields cell
Slide unit onstage as lights fade on the Asylum
Sun Line 16 to mid Sunset position
II.3 Guest Room
Sunset Line 16 IN and setting slowly
Strike Renfield chair from SR1
Steaming cup and Smoke reveal warning
II.4 Renfields cell
Steaming cup
Amplified voice of Dracula
Blood light wash
Smoke Explosion to reveal Dracula
Sun Line 16 OUT
Moon Line 17 IN
II.5 Guest Room
Moon lights up
Mina closes Drapes
Trap Door opens, light flooding out
Elevator lowers Mina into pit
Trap Door slams shut with Minas descent
Renfield shackled with chain from backstage preset
II.6 Renfields cell
As Mina lowers and light go down, Renfields comes out downstage right.
Move Lucys tomb SR3 to SR6
Strike Asylum Bed, Leave Fireplace.
Fly Drape Line 13 OUT
Fly window Line 14 OUT
Fly Moon Line 17 OUT
Sun Line 16 IN
Move SL4 offstage; prepare guest bed with any necessary blood transfusion equipment
Preset Orchestra Pit Lift with Draculas coffin
II.7 Lucys Tomb
Sun Line 16 Sunrise slowly
II.8 Renfields Cell
Slide Lucys Tomb, SR3 offstage
Slide Asylum Bed onstage SR4
Drapes Line 13 IN
Window Line 14 IN
Sun Line 16 OUT
Moon Line 17 IN
II.9 Guest Room
Hand slowly emerges then disappears through CL drapes
Seward throws open windows
Blood transfusion b/t Harker and Mina
Draculas coffin rises from Orchestra Pit
Coffin opens and light pours out
Dracula sucks blood through tube
Crucifix bursts into flames
*Lower Coffin into Orchestra Pit now?
Van Helsing throws open drapes
II. 10 Three Shafts
Window Line 14 OUT
Drapes Line 13 OUT
Slide Fireplace SL2 off
Slide Bed SL4 off,
Preset with Coffin SL4 w/ Dracula, ash, and blood squirting device
Set Dracula Doorway SL4 onto spike
*Wild Red Rose must be preset on ground for final scene. Leave on spike behind coffin?
Attendants Dress up travelers for Journey. Must give one large cloth bag with tools: communion, stake, knife, hammer
Sun Line 16 IN
Moon Line 17 OUT
II.11 Outside Draculas Castle
Sun sets throughout scene.
Blood streams from coffin
Seward lifts handful of ash from coffin
Preset Silver Platter with Draculas Head replica
Curtain Line 1 IN
Clear Coffin and Dracula Doorway.
Moon Line 17 IN
Curtain Line 1 OUT
Curtain Call
Curtain Line 1 IN
Aftershow clean up.
END OF PLAY
Curtain Call
Curtain up
Renfield carries on Silver Platter to reveal Draculas head
Curtain Down
After Show Clean-up