Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 A little about me
• 3 Who to find to help you
  • 3.1 Existing Resources at Rice
    • 3.1.1 Don Russell
    • 3.1.2 Dr. Stan Dodds
  • 3.2 Resources to cultivate
    • 3.2.1 Baker undergrads
    • 3.2.2 Rice Players people
    • 3.2.3 Any warm body
• 4 Who else to find to help you
• 5 Planning ahead of time
  • 5.1 Lighting Plot
• 6 What each piece of the lighting system is
  • 6.1 The Ceiling
  • 6.2 The Hi-Lift
  • 6.3 Ropes
  • 6.4 Bars
  • 6.5 Power Supply Conduit
  • 6.6 The Power Distributor Box
  • 6.7 Mini-Coffins
  • 6.8 Twist-lok Power Cables
  • 6.9 Instruments (lights)
    • 6.9.1 Fresnels
    • 6.9.2 Par Cans
    • 6.9.3 Lekos
    • 6.9.4 Vari-Focus Leko
  • 6.10 Gels
  • 6.11 Top Hats
  • 6.12 Gobos
• 7 Early Preventative Maintenance
• 8 Where to buy or fix things
• 9 Hanging everything
  • 9.1 Ropes
    • 9.1.1 Required Knots
    • 9.1.2 Putting the ropes up
  • 9.2 Bars
  • 9.3 Mini-coffins
  • 9.4 Lights & Wires
• 10 Running the control console
• 11 Taking everything down
• 12 Renting to other groups
• 13 Finances
• 14 Last Words
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