Word: techs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...TECH BOOM...
...order to address the “tech crunch,” or the shortage of technical assistance for various Loeb productions, the HRDC introduced a new tech requirement this fall that obligates members to contribute to the technical aspect of a production during the semester...
...tech requirement was implemented by former technical liaison for the HRDC E. Peyton Sherwood ’04, who said the idea for the requirement came from discussions within the community. Attendees at one of the HRDC’s open meetings raised the idea when the discussion turned to the perennial tech crunch experienced by shows, especially as performance time approaches. Sherwood said he and other HRDC members had previously considered implementing such a requirement, but was not sure it would have enough support from the community at large...
...some actors who really are skeptical about it,” she says, “who say ‘I’m here to act. I respect tech people, but that’s not what I’m here...
...sense is that many of the actors view the requirement as a way of giving back to the community by working on each others’ shows. The requirement helps to tighten the community while playing a large part in filling the under-stocked tech positions,” says Blase E. Ur ’07, Sherwood’s successor as technical liaison...