Waiting for
a Train - Il Teatro Calamari
Technical Contact: Tim Giugni (707) 963-8259 or tim@teatrocalamari.com.
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Summary:
Three performers travel with a standard van. The show is silent
with music. The performance lasts approximately 70 minutes and
this is followed with a meet and greet session for the audience
at the edge of the stage. School shows are approximately 40-60
minutes and include a question and answer session.
Load in: Approximately three hours and must including
a cue to cue. Longer if lights are not hung prior to arrival.
Load out: 30 minutes. Please return gobos, MD, and equipment
to performers.
Crew: Lighting technician, sound technician for cue to
cue and run.
Minimum stage area: 10' LENGTH X 10' WIDTH X 10' HEIGHT.
Lighting:
The stage is a mix of puppet and live actors. The puppet stage
is composed of large suitcases and measures 5' 8” (1.7m)
across and lit by the specials D, E, F. There are 6 lights that
have special positions (other than front of house) and are noted
bellow. We carry a number ‘6’ gobo and will bring a
cue sheet with us.
If you have a motorized smoke pattern, star break-up, traps, video
projection system or other interesting tech that you are inching
to use, let me know- we thrive on experimentation but need to
know what to expect to use it.
You know the number of lights that you have and what lights will
reach the stage and cover the area requested. This light plot
can be reduced. Lights are arranged as descriptions.
| DESCRIPTION | AREA | COLOR |
| ‘6’ Gobo | Cyc, wall or.. | White |
| Kleenex | A/SL Front | White |
| Show Pop | B | Day |
| Bill Night | C/SL Wing | Light Amber |
| Bill Day | C | Day/warm/hopeful. |
| Puppet Front | D, E, F | Warm |
| Puppet Down | D, E, F/Down | Warm |
| Stage wash | Rest of stage | Day/Amber |
If you have the lights and gobos it would
be great to have the following.
| DESCRIPTION | AREA | COLOR |
| Cyc wash | Cyc | RGB |
| Star Break-up | Cyc | White |
| Stage wash | Rest of stage | Night |
No microphones are required.
Purchaser/venue accepts responsibility for the security of all equipment at all times while the equipment is in the purchaser's domain.
For the Performers:
3 one-liter bottles of non carbonated water must be available
to the performers before each performance. They get really cranky
and dehydrated if they don't get these.
Speaking of dehydration; coffee and tea. Please provide a half-pound of quality* whole-bean coffee, cream, sugar, coffee grinder and coffee maker. There should be an assortment of quality* teas in bags or loose with tea balls and hot water. We request that these refreshments are made available from the beginning of our load-in.
If the performers are doing multiple shows a light vegetarian snack/lunch/dinner should be made available if it will not be possible for them to eat between performances.
Hotel preferences -- Near the venue is always good. Beds must not be broken, sheets must be clean and in good order and shoes should not stick to floor. Home stays are welcomed and encouraged. Performers accommodations should be private, quiet and nonsmoking. They like it if they are not in the same house, although they are more entertaining as a group.
We reserve 10 complimentary tickets for a single day performance(s). For runs lasting a week or more we request 4 complimentary or 8 two-for-one tickets per show.
Thank you for reading me.
* Quality coffee is defined as, "not sucky". Here are some sucky coffees: anything in a can, store brand (Safeway Select or Millstone, Albertson). Here are coffees that will earn you big points: Pete's or your local roasted coffee. Thank you.
* Quality teas are defined as: Pete's, Stash or loose tea from a local vendor and 'that tea that we had in Bulgaria that had honey and some berry thing in it but we haven't found in the states". Please, no Lipton Brisk. Thank you.