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

Renfield’s supper Table and Chair on Apron fully dressed:

wine glass

napkin

flat wear etc

Waiter’s wine bottle and Silver platter with rat ready off SR

Bram Stoker’s Slide warning

Lucy’s bed on spike. Bed made with Blue Bedspread, Clean sheets, "cape" blanket, and two pillows.

3 framed photos on nightstand

Mina’s business book on bed

Harker’s valise and briefcase preset on SL3

Lucy’s Sitting Room table w/ matching blue table cloth/chair/ hand mirror preset on SL2 slip wagon

Renfield’s 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 Lucy’s Bedroom

SCENE 1.2A Lucy’s 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 Lucy’s Bedroom w/Moon

Strike Harker’s briefcase and valise SL5

Harker’s writing table, chair and Silver Goblet SL5

 

SCENE 1.2D Harker Scene Scrim +96

Clean up bed

Moon Line 17 NO CHANGE

Preset Lucy’s Sitting Room table/chair/hand mirror SL2 on spike

 

I.3 Lucy’s Sitting Room

Strike Harker’s writing table, chair, writing props and Silver Goblet SL5

Lighting cue isolates on Seward as he exits Lucy’s Bedroom. During this moment,

Preset Renfield’s bench on SR1 on stage

Preset Renfield’s birdcage with Sparrow on +24 SR2 Ledge

 

I.4 Renfield’s Cell

Lucy and Mina’s Robes Preset on SL4

Dracula’s Silhouette SR2 warning

Smoke burst SR2 warning

Smoke baffle?

Moon Line 17 NO CHANGE

 

I.5 Dracula/ Harker Appearances

Dracula’s Silhouette behind scrim SR2

Smoke burst SR2

Harker appears as Dracula exits unseen

 

I.6 Lucy’s Bedroom Night

Moon Lights up

Remove Sparrow from Renfield’s Birdcage SR2

 

I.7 Renfield’s cell

Remove SL slip wagon with dressing table

 

I.8 Harker SL5

I.9 Harker, Lucy/Mina, and Renfield’s

Lucy throws open window

Moon Lights up

Move Coffin SL1 onto Apron with Stage hand inside

Warn and Preset Ship’s Wheel SL4 off stage

 

I.10 Coffin

Move Ship’s Wheel w/skeleton SL3 onstage

Moon OUT

Sun IN Sunrise Spike

 

I.11 Ship’s Wheel

Small White Cloth on Lucy’s Bedstand

Strike Coffin DSL

 

I.12 Lucy’s Bedroom

Strike Ship’s 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 Lucy’s Bedroom

Strike Sanitarium Chair from SL5

Lucy throws open CL windows

Stage hands will slam the window shut on Dracula’s gesture

 

I.16 Renfield’s Cell

Move Renfield’s cell SR1 onstage

Preset any equipment needed for blood transfusion on Lucy’s bed

 

I.17 Van Helsing

Preset Dracula supper table SR1 off stage

Preset Ready SR4, Dracula’s Stairway Entryway

CL Chandelier warning

 

I.18 Lucy’s Bedroom

-Light isolates Mina and Van Helsing DSL reading Harker’s Journal-

As this happens,

Chandelier Line 4 IN

Drape Line 13 OUT

Window Line 14 OUT

Strike Lucy’s Bed

Move Supper Table onstage

Move Dracula hallway onstage.

Preset Vixens / Harker’s Bed backstage with baby bag preset on back of headboard

Preset Harker’s Valise, rosary, and Briefcase on Harker’s bed

Preset Harker’s table, pitcher, basin of water, towel and coat rack backstage.

small mirror inside

-Dracula’s castle in Transylvania

Chandelier lights to Dracula’s gesture

When Dracula moves to supper table, Slide SL4 with Harker’s bed onstage

Slide Shaving table SL2 onstage

CL Chandelier lights snuff out with Dracula’s 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 Vixen’s bed from SL4

Strike shaving table and coat rack SL2

Strike Dinner Table SR2

Strike Dracula Hallway SR4

Prep SR 5 with Door to Dracula’s Hallway for Castle for final scene

Preset Lucy’s 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 Renfield’s cell preset with M4M chair and small curved sword SR1

Prep Orchestra Pit with lights and stairwell/ elevator for Mina’s decent

Prep SR 5 with Door to Dracula’s 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 Renfield’s 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 Renfield’s 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 Mina’s descent

Renfield shackled with chain from backstage preset

 

II.6 Renfield’s cell

As Mina lowers and light go down, Renfield’s comes out downstage right.

Move Lucy’s 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 Dracula’s coffin

 

II.7 Lucy’s Tomb

Sun Line 16 Sunrise slowly

 

II.8 Renfield’s Cell

Slide Lucy’s 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

Dracula’s 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 Dracula’s Castle

Sun sets throughout scene.

Blood streams from coffin

Seward lifts handful of ash from coffin

Preset Silver Platter with Dracula’s 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 Dracula’s head

Curtain Down

After Show Clean-up