Old Man and The Sea
Long Wharf Theatre
Assistant Technical Director
Directed by Eric Ting
Scenic Design by Craig Seibels
Technical Director: Michael Wyant
ATD: Matthew D. Jordan
Responsibilities included engineering and producing construction draftings for:
‐ the main deck structure
‐ the tracking wagon
‐ the associated tracking and lifting mechanisms
‐ the upstage curved masking
Responsibilities also included planing, installation and programing of motion control systems.
The largest challenge presented by this production was the deck. The stationary deck was a raked, curved structure with off-axis faux planking and an internal, open span of 24 feet. A 24 foot wide automated wagon tracked upstage-downstage underneath the main deck structure. The rear end of the tracking wagon was equipped with an additional axis of motion; in the wagon’s downstage position it would lift several inches to meet the stationary deck.
The deck was also required to support a cantilevered bed (with actor) over the void of the retracted wagon. The deck would eventually house several fog lines and hundreds of fiber optic stars embedded in its surface.
Long Wharf Theatre
Assistant Technical Director
Directed by Eric Ting
Scenic Design by Craig Seibels
Technical Director: Michael Wyant
ATD: Matthew D. Jordan
Responsibilities included engineering and producing construction draftings for:
‐ the main deck structure
‐ the tracking wagon
‐ the associated tracking and lifting mechanisms
‐ the upstage curved masking
Responsibilities also included planing, installation and programing of motion control systems.
The largest challenge presented by this production was the deck. The stationary deck was a raked, curved structure with off-axis faux planking and an internal, open span of 24 feet. A 24 foot wide automated wagon tracked upstage-downstage underneath the main deck structure. The rear end of the tracking wagon was equipped with an additional axis of motion; in the wagon’s downstage position it would lift several inches to meet the stationary deck.
The deck was also required to support a cantilevered bed (with actor) over the void of the retracted wagon. The deck would eventually house several fog lines and hundreds of fiber optic stars embedded in its surface.
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Photo: T. Charles Erickson
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Photo: T. Charles Erickson
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Testing the Wagon's lift mechanism.
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The deck's truss structure being assembled on stage.
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The upstage side of the deck.
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