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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · 9d

Hammock always is let of my tool kit… it conveniently packs nicely inside my hardhat. 😎.

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · 11d

Between show naps on loadout day. #tourlife

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · 12d

Ya sure it’s not about some of the stagehands?

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · 18d

Streamer cannon #4 is cut today because a new security guy decided to stand in front of it. 🤦🏼‍♀️

(This is why we have the SM call an “enable the streamers” “cue.” It makes me visually check the cannons… Which one was not clear 😕 & we didn’t quite have enough time/access to make him move.)

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · 19d

Surprise! It’s one of those days where everyone’s cross-training has paid off.

Nobody in lx or audio did our normal preshow. We started presets with only 3 out of 5(or6 counting swing) road crew…

but everything got done.

( Ps- Our lx/audio crew swing is a rock star. )

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NPR @npr.org · 20d

South Dakota Public Broadcasting says there's an ironic result to President Trump's successful attack on public media: It will have to rely more on NPR programs.

A public broadcaster's path after losing U.S. funds: Youth sports and less local news

South Dakota Public Broadcasting says there's an ironic result to President Trump's successful attack on public media: It will have to rely more on NPR programs.

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · 26d

The highest anxiety part of cross-training on a show is the first day I unplug. I’m not in the booth, not on com… and must fully trust that my cover can run the show.

After being conditioned for years to the contrary… I’m still learning it’s okay for the show to go on without me there. #tourlife

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · 29d

Today’s contingency game… will your backup console successfully take over the show if the network does something g weird? And will your primary take over again cleanly when it wants to resync…?

…Just before the big musical number… 😬

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Sep 20

Now we’re getting into double-level coverage: Spot starting to learn video system.

Board op(me) will start learning spot coverage things.

>This “double layer” is critical.<

It allows personal days & vaca and such where the “cover” also has coverage = Extreme peace of mind for everyone. 2/2

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Sep 20

I spend a LOT of my time at work thinking about contingencies.

Today it’s cross-training/coverage contingencies…

We travel an audio/lx swing. She covers deck lx, a2, lx console and is starting to learn the a1mix.

Deck lx covers spot.

Spot also covers lx console (in a more lx-deep) way. 1/2

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Sep 6

More theatres should have grassy areas… where a bunch (?), pack(?), bouquet(?) of Belles can frolic after the show.

But also, what do you call a group of yellow Belles?

(PS- there were more of them running around before I could snap this pic… it was a very vibrant scene of green and yellow).

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 6

“It’s a secret garden”: National Theatre turns roof into a riot of colour with dye plants

Textile artists are reshaping how the theatre makes its costumes with the aim of replacing harsh synthetic dyes

www.theguardian.com

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Aug 12

And one of the HS theatre depts also took some damage… www.cbs58.com/news/the-sho...

'The show must go on': Milwaukee County theaters flood with several feet of water

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee Repertory Theater's production facility and Wauwatosa West High School's theater were both flooded, damaging expensive equipment and creating a messy situation on

www.cbs58.com

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OffStageJobs.com @offstagejobs.com · Aug 12

Milwaukee Rep estimates $5 million in damages at their production/storage facility due to this weekend’s flooding.

Audio equipment, scenery, props, costumes were stored at facility, & are now damaged by floodwaters & sewage. The facility opened only a year ago.

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Aug 8

Marketing folk here to record our presets for “getting ready for the show” type posts.

It’s silly and fun to lean into… Kept the rainbow checkout running a little longer, and why yes, I can hit a bunch of buttons on my console for some extra content…(blind, next, next, next, page down, live…😂)

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Aug 3

Ours are definitely rambunctious tonight…. Adding time to the show with their applause… Don’t they know they’re cutting into our pre-Loadout break!?! 😆

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Aug 2

Can’t say I have, but I’ll keep looking…. Cinderella has definitely been here this week, (and probably all the other princesses).

Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Aug 1

Experience what WAS the Canadian forests… Past tense. 😬

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Aug 1

Kids! They are ridiculous. (Today I basically had to step around/over two little Belles who were sitting down in the side-aisle playing during intermission… it’s a sea of yellow satin and tiaras out here!

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Jul 31

Air quality in Chicago today is um, not great…. This photo was taken during checkout with NO HAZER RUNNING… 😬

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Jul 30

My FB feed has lit up this evening with all the (mainland/midwest) IATSE convention delegates reacting to the Tsunami warning they are preparing for….

Hopefully it ends up as an uneventful thing!

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Jul 28

Welcome to #tourlife level2.

Oh.. going to venue x… well, we put this here and that there and I go to lunch at this place and go post show drinking at that place…

a man smoking a pipe next to a dog with the words back in my day on the bottom

ALT: a man smoking a pipe next to a dog with the words back in my day on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Jul 26

I got news (and a pic) of someone on another tour submitting their resignation via the letter printed on a cake.

They are my hero. It’s brilliant.

#tourlife

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Jul 21

I knew there were a lot of different boat tour things on the Chicago river… it wasn’t until I was sitting at a restaurant on the river that I noticed how busy it can be! (On a Monday!)

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Dawn! ☀️ @dkenseth.bsky.social · Jul 16

Wow here’s one for the #TheatreFireSafety tag… www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

Major festival stage engulfed in flames as blaze breaks out and fireworks heard

Firefighters are currently battling a fire at the main stage of the Tomorrowland festival, in Belgium, with the blaze not believed to be under control at this time

www.mirror.co.uk

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