Step 1: Meet with the Lighting Designer and Faculty Supervisor

• We went over what the overall process would be and what my role and responsibilities as the Assistant would be.

Step 2:  Create and update paperwork

• I created a follow spot cue sheet based on John Robinson’s recommendations that I would use to keep track of the followspot cues during the show.
• I cleaned up and updated the drafting using Vectorworks when John Robinson gave me the preliminary light plot.
• I updated and printed out the lighting paperwork in Lightwright.

Step 3: Organize paperwork into a binder to prepare focus and run of show

• It is essential skill for an assistant to be organized so he can retrieve information for the designer efficiently

Step 4:  Load in and focus

• TJ and his crew prepped and loaded in all the lighting for the show while I was on hand in case any questions arose for John Robinson that I could possibly answer.
• During this process I would also be around and continue to update the paperwork with any necessary changes based on how smoothly the load in went.

Step 5:  Show run

• John Robinson ran the console for the run of the show while I kept track of and called spot cues to my spotlight operators.

Step 6:  Strike

• Normally after the show is over, the crew would strike all the lighting equipment. Due to the short amount of time between productions during the semester, we kept the lighting rig to use for the next two productions.