Organization: Truman High School

Production: Kinky Boots

Director: Tracey Gatte

Venue Type: Shared High School Auditorium, used for band/chorus/drama

Stage Type: Proscenium

House Size: 796

Stage Size: 60 x 24

Digital Scenery Use: Backdrop replacement, partial backdrop replacement, and animation used in special moments

Surface Size: 40 x 16

Projector: Stage Projector Plus

Projector Placement: 13' from the surface, 14' off the ground

Operator: StagePlayer with technician in the tech booth

Staging/blocking advice: Flexibility with blocking and choreography is a must. I was able to share sketches and had to be flexible with exact positioning of the set piece. The built platform actually rotated in time with the projection in the background. This enabled to audience to see the "whole" factory.

Advice for lighting with digital scenery: Have a lighting plot worked out prior to not have to reconfigure. Avoid onstage lighting that may alter the coloring of projections or alter the lighting effect within the projection, especially if they are transition projections

Director's Advice to Theatre-Makers: Print the user guide and let BM know what day and time zone in case there needs to be a service call.

Tracey Gatte is the director of Truman High School’s internationally recognized theatre program in Levittown, Pennsylvania. She is also a full time theatre teacher at Truman, her alma mater. Tracey is featured in the book Drama High by Michael Sokolove and was the inspiration for character “Tracey” on NBC’s RISE.