Theatrewolf Podcast

Well, time gets away from us but here is Episode 3! It has been a busy week of packing the shop trucks up and traveling up to tech. Then it was like the first day of school and man was it a time. It was great to get back to work and do what we love. We discuss what happens in the first few days of tech from spot call, dumping the trucks, and how a plan is made. We also become a food podcast and talk about some amazing restaurants in town. As always a rating and review is always appreciated! 📲Connect with me on all the things: Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

Episode 2 is finally live and what a week it has been for us between shop time, hurricanes, and flooding. This week we discuss our second week in the show, how the invited dress was, surviving a hurricane in NYC, plus our COVID Protocols for the tour. We also answer your sent-in questions on how a touring show decides set and lighting to how lighting, video, and audio divvy up FOH and balcony rail. Please send over some questions you want to be answered and enjoy the long way down to the underground. As always a rating and review is always appreciated! 📲Connect with me on all the things: Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

We are back ladies and gentlemen with our new series! In this series, we will take you from the prep of a first national Broadway tour and bring you along for the ride of it. Taking you from prep all the way to opening night! In this episode, we talk about how we prepared for the tour, what clothes we packed, what tools we bring, and how the first week in the shop went. Plus many other things including listener questions from you! Please also send over some questions you want to be answered and enjoy the long way down to the underground. As always a rating and review is always appreciated! 📲Connect with me on all the things: Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

The new episode of the Theatrewolf Podcast is up! This week we talk with Trevor Burk and how video is in the broadcasting world. We talk about him doing a show during this time with programmers and teams in different states, let alone different countries. We also go into understanding your process and how it's ok to be where you want to be, there is no top to the pyramid. http://theatrewolfpodcast.com As always a rating and review are always appreciated for the show! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf 📲 Connect with me on all the things: Patreon: patreon.com/theatrewolfpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.tv/theatrewolf38 Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf 📲Connect with me on all the things: Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Patreon: patreon.com/theatrewolfpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.tv/theatrewolf38 Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

Tom Littrell is originally from Wichita Falls, Texas. In 1970, he graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas – (look it up!). He was drafted, spent three years in the Army, and then went back to graduate school in technical theatre. A friend’s cousin worked for a company in Dallas called Showco. They provided large-scale lighting and sound systems to rock tours. Tom dropped out of grad school to do a tour or two with Showco, then go back and finish his degree. But his second tour was as a lighting technician on Paul McCartney’s Wings over America 1976 tour. That tour…uh...set the hook so he stayed at Showco and toured with Led Zeppelin, the Who, Genesis, Linda Ronstadt, and others. In 1980, he was ready – again - to go back to grad school when Showco engineers began work on what would become the Vari-Lite system. He was asked to help with that project and delayed going back to graduate school one more time, going on the road with Genesis and the first Vari-Lite system in 1981. He programmed the moving lights and operated the console for the first show in Barcelona, Spain, and the rest of the tour. He continued at Vari-Lite for another twenty years – touring with Genesis as well as David Bowie, ZZ Top, Hall and Oates, Don Henley, and many other concert and corporate event clients. Later he did technical product management and marketing. In 2002, Showco/Vari-Lite was sold and Tom was laid off. He immediately called ETC. Happily, they offered him a job and he and his wife Stacy moved to Madison, Wisconsin in 2004. He was Fixtures Product Manager for ten years and then became an outreach and training specialist. He retired in August 2020 after seventeen years with ETC. He loves Madison – but could do without the winters. FYI, he still doesn’t have a graduate degree and wonders if he should go back to school. NAMM Interview with Rusty Brutsche: www.namm.org/library/oral-history/rusty-brutsche As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf 📲Connect with me on all the things: Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Patreon: patreon.com/theatrewolfpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.tv/theatrewolf38 Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

Brian Munroe is a graduate of SUNY Purchase, 28 year IATSE member, and former president of IATSE Local 74, for 9 years. Brian has been a Production or head carpenter on numerous broadway shows, including "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk", "Hairspray", "Rock of Ages", "Hedwig and The Angry Inch", "Anastasia”, several pre-broadway tours, advance carpenter on Jersey Boys 1st National and several of the sit-downs (LA, Toronto, Las Vegas) Brian is currently the Head Carpenter on "Hadestown" on Broadway, an ETCP Rigger (theatrical), and an IATSE Special Representative for over 10 years. As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf 📲Connect with me on all the things: Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Patreon: patreon.com/theatrewolfpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Twitch: twitch.tv/theatrewolf38 Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

Bryan Johnson is an award-winning Props and Special Effects Designer, Artisan and Technician for theatre, opera, film and television. Bryan was awarded the 2010 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival National Design award for his Special Effects design for the Tulsa Community College production of Elektra. Bryan is also a three-time KCACTF Region 6 award winner. Bryan went on to become a Lead Props and Special Effects Technician with Blue Man Group-Las Vegas for five years, where he fabricated, maintained and operated the long running show. During his time with Blue Man Group, Bryan designed and created several themed art installations for the company’s involvement with the local community. As a puppeteer for the show, Bryan also worked hands-on with Michael Curry puppetry and robotic show elements from Show Creators. His work has appeared worldwide in publications, including "Stage Directions" and “Lighting & Sound America.” Bryan’s theatrical body of work includes; Props Design and Artisanship, Magic/Illusion Design, Mask Making, Puppetry, Lighting Design and Special Effects Makeup. Bryan currently lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he owns and operates 'Bryan Johnson Creative' and is the Properties Designer and Artisan with the Tulsa Opera. He is a member of the Society of Props Artisan Managers, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, a faculty member with The Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas and remains active with the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Bryan’s Instagram: @bryanjohnsoncreative Youtube Link Mentioned: https://youtu.be/I4XDvZKntpA As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf 📲 Connect with me on all the things: Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Patreon: patreon.com/theatrewolfpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Theatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

Louis Riquelme is a touring technician hailing from Middlebury, VT. He is a proud member of IATSE Local 919, a ETCP Certified Theatrical Rigger, and a CM Certified Chain Hoist Technician. Touring credits include Disneys The Lion King, Les Miserables, The Sound of Music, and others. He has been an Electrican, a pyro tech, a carpenter, but his true passion is rigging and overhead lifting solutions. He is most at home at 80’ in the air, with his brothers and sisters, making the entertainment industry a safer place, one point at a time. Some Tools Mentioned in this Episode: Headlamp: https://amzn.to/3osh9Ci Petzl Harness: https://amzn.to/34tHOHf Petzl Hardhat: https://amzn.to/2WutNEU SuperStatic2 Rope: https://sterlingrope.com/store/work/ropes/static/superstatic2 As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf Gear Used: Shure SM7B: https://amzn.to/3kLZ2VE Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen): https://amzn.to/36QxRUr TRITON AUDIO FetHead in-Line Microphone Preamp: https://amzn.to/36OrWzr Elgato Stream Deck: https://amzn.to/3kK9ug3 📲connect with me on all the things: Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Patreon: patreon.com/theatrewolfpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Threatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Threatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

Jane Childs is the Director of Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas and has a varied 45 plus years theatre past including costuming, assisting her late husband Don on his scenic and lighting design projects, performing simultaneous French translation for Ladislav Vychodil, and being the den mother to many years of theatre students. Her managerial and development skills bode well for SILV’s partners and for her work for eight years as VP - Development with the SW Chapter of USITT. Her studies included Indiana University, La Sorbonne, and University of Iowa. Jane prides herself on the meshing of good materials and good practices with good people for the best future for our industry. Don and Jane Childs and SILV were honored with the Kennedy Center Golden Medallion award in January of 2013. Jane shares her husband Don’s true passion for theatre and teaching and his demand for integrity from those you work with - be they students or collaborators - that drove his work on a daily basis. Here’s to tomorrow and all the good work yet to do! https://stagecraftinstitute.com/ facebook.com/stagecraft As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf Gear Used: Shure SM7B: https://amzn.to/3kLZ2VE Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen): https://amzn.to/36QxRUr TRITON AUDIO FetHead in-Line Microphone Preamp: https://amzn.to/36OrWzr Elgato Stream Deck: https://amzn.to/3kK9ug3 📲connect with me on all the things: Patreon: patreon.com/theatrewolfpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Threatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Threatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

Eamon Keane started his theatrical journey as a local stagehand for a non-union labor company in Greenville, SC. Before long he realized he had found his calling and enrolled at Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL to further his education in the trade. Following graduation, he started working for a small theater company in Savannah, GA. After about one year in Savannah, he was offered a position on the Blue Man Group National Tour as an automation carpenter. This began his now decade long career on the road as an automation carpenter for theatrical productions. As an IATSE union member, he has worked on several shows including Mary Poppins, Kinky Boots, Phantom of the Opera, and The Lion King. Some Tools Mentioned in this Episode: Headlamp: https://amzn.to/3osh9Ci LEATHERMAN, Wave: https://amzn.to/3mKnaK2 Ratcheting Screwdriver: https://amzn.to/3mKSwjw RMS Multimeter: https://amzn.to/3mN0f0s As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf Gear Used: Shure SM7B: https://amzn.to/3kLZ2VE Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen): https://amzn.to/36QxRUr TRITON AUDIO FetHead in-Line Microphone Preamp: https://amzn.to/36OrWzr Elgato Stream Deck: https://amzn.to/3kK9ug3 📲 Connect with me on all the things: Patreon: patreon.com/theatrewolfpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Threatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com Code Threatrewolf for 10% off your order: cablemunkey.com

Jason Cochran is a proud and active member of IATSE Local 51 in Houston, TX for the past (almost!) 5 years and has been working with them since he turned 18. He is a lighting programmer, head electrician, rigger, pyro-technician and whatever else comes his way. He works with a variety of producers in Houston presenting everything from ballet and opera to trade shows and concerts. Currently, Jason is the lighting programmer for the Houston Symphony and a freelance pyro technician. Outside of the world of live events, Jason spends most of his time being outdoors, drinking coffee or learning something new, probably about electronics. https://youtu.be/TkYLIqLL65c As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf Gear Used: Shure SM7B: https://amzn.to/3kLZ2VE Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen): https://amzn.to/36QxRUr TRITON AUDIO FetHead in-Line Microphone Preamp: https://amzn.to/36OrWzr Elgato Stream Deck: https://amzn.to/3kK9ug3 📲connect with me on all the things: Patreon: patreon.com/theatrewolfpodcast Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Threatrewolf for 10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com

Todd Kessler has worked for Vari-Lite for 24 years. He’s been Technical Trainer since 2004. In that time he has conducted over 300 classes to almost 3000 trainees on every continent except Antarctica. In his spare time he and his wife enjoy fine food, wine and a relaxing beach. They reside in Dallas, TX with their cat Jimmy. Todd graduated from The University Of Missouri with a BSBA in Logistics. As always a rating and review is always appreciated! Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf Gear Used: Shure SM7B: https://amzn.to/3kLZ2VE Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 (3rd Gen): https://amzn.to/36QxRUr TRITON AUDIO FetHead in-Line Microphone Preamp: https://amzn.to/36OrWzr Elgato Stream Deck: https://amzn.to/3kK9ug3 📲connect with me on all the things: Facebook: facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Podcast: http://theatrewolfpodcast.com Email: Theatrewolfpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @Theatrewolf Twitter: @Theatrewolf38 Code Threatrewolf for10% off your order: deathwishcoffee.com

J. Christopher Lutz (Audio One Sound Engineer) has toured multiple Broadway productions over the last 10 years. Those productions include The Drowsy Chaperone, Warhorse, Annie, Kinky Boots, The Illusionists (1st National Tour), and Les Miserables. In addition to touring he is also responsible for the US Premiere of The Illusionist Witness the Impossible on both Broadway and NBC. Regional Theatre Credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Violet Hour, Private Lives, Seussical The Musical, See Rock City and Other Destinations, Fahrenheit 451, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, My Scary Girl, and the Pre-Broadway run of Soul Doctor Use Code Threatrewolf to get 10% off your order at deathwishcoffee.com Also head over to Facebook and like the page for info on the shows and post up what questions you would liked asked! facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf As always a rating and review is always appreciated!

Andrew Iverson is a proud member of IATSE Local 260 for the past 12 years. Andrew started touring in the props department with Disney on Ice and other kids shows including The Backyardians Live and Dora the Explorer Search for the City of Lost Toys. He started his career in legitimate theatre with the Color Purple, Mamma Mia, Million Dollar Quartet, Ghost the Musical, Kinky Boots, Love Never Dies, and Come From Away. He is also a big Disney nerd who visits the parks whenever he can. Use Code Threatrewolf to get 10% off your order at deathwishcoffee.com Also, head over to Facebook and like the page for info on the shows and post up what questions you would like asked! facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf As always a rating and review are always appreciated!

Jamie "Panda" Bell is a proud member of IATSE. She has worked as an Assistant Electrician and spotlight operator all over North America as well as Japan. She worked at the Wynn Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on the West Coast Engagement of Avenue Q as well as the water spectacular Le Reve. She made her Broadway debut on Escape the Margaritaville then Come From Away. And she has toured with Cabaret, RENT, The Full Monty, War Horse, Kinky Boots, Come From Away and the Philip Company of Hamilton. Use Code Threatrewolf to get 10% off your order at deathwishcoffee.com Also head over to Facebook and like the page for info on the shows and post up what questions you would liked asked! facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf As always a rating and review is always appreciated!

Chris Stokes is the Associate Regional Manager for the Western Region at ETC. He still does lighting design for theatre and dance in his free time. He holds an M.F.A. in Lighting Design from California Institute of the Arts and was the former TD/LD at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge and the Wallis Annenberg Performing Arts Center in Beverly Hills. He is a lighting nerd. Use Code Threatrewolf to get 10% off your order at deathwishcoffee.com Also head over to Facebook and like the page for info on the shows and post up what questions you would liked asked! facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf As always a rating and review is always appreciated!

David “Pfish” Terry - “Pfish” is a proud member of IATSE for over 26 years. Pfish has toured extensively throughout North American, Europe, Asia and Australia. Having visited over 400 different cities and 42 different countries. He started touring as an assistant audio engineer on Disney on Ice, moving on to legitimate theatre a few years later as the Prop man for Fosse. The following year he took his first Head Carpenter job for Scooby-Doo Live in Stage Fright. Since then he has work on such shows as 42nd Street, Little Shop of Horrors, Martin Short: Fame Becomes me, Jersey Boys, War Horse, Cinderella, Cabaret and Anastasia to name a few. Use Code Threatrewolf to get 10% off your order at deathwishcoffee.com Also head over to Facebook and like the page for info on the shows and post up what questions you would liked asked! facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Want to donate to the podcast! Paypal & Venmo: @Theatrewolf As always a rating and review is always appreciated!

Matt DeJong is a lighting, video, and show-control systems specialist. He is currently the Head of Lighting, Video & Effects for Princess Cruises, and freelances as a system designer. Matt specializes in installation design, venue commissioning, and control solutions for the permanent, the temporary, the strange, and everything in between. When he's not out on the high seas, Matt can be found making shows happen anywhere that "shouldn't" naturally be a performance space. Before finding his niche in spectacles, permanent installs, and odd performance spaces, he worked in the more traditional realm of Theatre, Opera, and Ballet. He went to university in Philadelphia for Theatrical Design & Technology and, Art History. When not traveling for work, he can be usually found in New York or Las Vegas drinking coffee and packing for the next trip. Show Networks and Control Systems https://amzn.to/3jq93rr Vickie Claiborne’s book: Media Servers for Lighting Programmers https://amzn.to/3jrEP7F Laura Frank’s Book: Screens Producing & Media Operations https://amzn.to/3jtQRNC Use Code Threatrewolf to get 10% off your order at deathwishcoffee.com Also head over to Facebook and like the page for info on the shows and post up what questions you would liked asked! facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Want to donate to the podcast! Venmo: @Theatrewolf As always a rating and review is always appreciated!

Megan Alksninis is a touring lighting designer, programmer, and operator. She started small and worked her way up to tour with various bands around the world specializing in Hog4. http://megrosedesigns.com/ Use Code Threatrewolf to get 10% off your order at deathwishcoffee.com Also head over to Facebook and like the page for info on the shows and post up what questions you would liked asked! facebook.com/TheatrewolfPodcast Want to Donate? Check this link out! streamelements.com/theatrewolfpodcast/tip As always a rating and review is always appreciated!