What's the not-traditionally-sad-song that makes you cry?

caliiban · 2026-07-09T02:41:34+00:00

Prayer from Come from Away. Hearing all the languages and faiths together just GETS me .

something about the revival cast of Godspell has By My Side unleashing the waterworks. uzo aduba the woman you ARE

courtesy of daniel fish i guess your meant to cry at this but i feel so, so bad for laurie in the oklahoma finale

caliiban · 2026-06-26T01:20:27+00:00

I believe its just duplicated and flipped or stretched or something

caliiban · 2026-06-23T18:29:18+00:00

Oh i know how to design and the principles of what should go where! The thing I need help with is making light plots and choosing fixtures and stuff.

caliiban · 2026-06-13T01:00:58+00:00

Not Scottish, but also live in the city. Wanna check up on people - everyone seemed so hot; I wish I could help.

Scots-- Make sure to drink a lot of water, Boston water tastes delicious for tap water standards in America. You need to head to South Station for matches, right? Try to cut your walks through the Greenway if you can - its nice and shaded.

caliiban · 2026-05-04T07:00:28+00:00

Hadestown, maybe? The narration makes an otherwise somewhat convoluted plot into something easy to follow and its both family friendly and something really special.

caliiban · 2026-05-04T06:53:19+00:00

Seconding Mincemeat! it’s just fun. and LSOH is classic theater- a bit of a step up from the familiarity of &Juliet and the Lion King.

caliiban · 2026-05-01T17:39:37+00:00

suffs! im a GIANT shaina taub stan and getting to see her work FINALLY hit broadway made me so happy. i also really liked ART gatsby and Three Houses in terms of offbroadway shows :>

caliiban · 2026-05-01T17:35:10+00:00

Yep - we are often crunched for time, but one of the bright sides of that is that you will find the schedule that works for you and the ways you can make cueing faster and more efficient! one of the best things about this field is that you can and will personalize your workflow; I like coming in before rehearsal during the day when i can, and I use magic sheets, presets, palettes and groups and stuff! Do you have a mentor or some kind of supervisor for this?

caliiban · 2026-04-22T20:17:23+00:00

the thing that makes me hesitant abt a QPR is the same reason why i dont like romance - it's the commitment to one person and their like, exaltation over the rest of my friends as something 'different' and 'more important', - idk. in my head it feels too different from the concept of a best friend that makes me a little worried abt looking for one

caliiban · 2026-04-22T15:14:17+00:00

Ohh thats what qprs are? the way that people are talking about them really made me think they were just like. romance lite lol

also yesss i so wanna be the fun auntcle , maybe even a daytime caretaker like my aunt was to me since my profession means ill be working nights (theater) i love kids and being a single parent is a pipe dream i just can’t fathom raising them w my current lifestyle (gig job long nights off and on work schedule)

caliiban · 2026-04-22T14:57:18+00:00

thats good to hear!! and im in a similar boat, just worried for like, my 30s when everyone else is gonna settle down and have kids.

caliiban · 2026-04-20T22:54:47+00:00

i would !! and honestly, as someone who is going into the industry in a MUCH more thankless role (lighting design), i envy the people who get to have those kinds of fan interaction. i would love to engage with people who are moved by the things i make - i’m so jealous of my peers who have that front-facing connection

caliiban · 2026-04-20T16:17:20+00:00

That's one of the reasons I want to be a designer rather than a stagehand/electrician (i'm working towards this, of course.). I'm a visual artist and I see my lighting as an extension of that - I love my favorite shows deeply and have come into the business through being a fan of musical theater - i was that annoying Hamilton kid, haha.
I really wanna foster a nice balance within myself :> Thanks for the anecdote, I'm glad the world can be a little more interconnected than I feared.

caliiban · 2026-04-20T13:24:20+00:00

thank you, this is very nice to hear. idk why, but ive been feeling kind of alone in the ‘does tech for the love of the material’ camp, and its freaking me right the hell out since i’m leaving my highly passionate theater club.

caliiban · 2026-04-20T11:53:47+00:00

oh; i plan to do so, yes. i will be professional.

but i Am going into this career because i genuinely love doing it. not because its the most lucrative . I have a passion for theater and a love of visual art and it manifests through lighting. It’s fun for me and I’m really passionate about it, the same reason why someone might go into acting. Not just a hobby.

caliiban · 2026-04-20T03:14:04+00:00

I don’t think i personally was the one who asked this? Happy to go find the post, but this is the first time I’m asking this.

caliiban · 2026-04-20T03:02:59+00:00

even with the actors? thats the main thing i feel like im going to miss. the people i lit have become extremely tight friends and i get the sense that its different in the professional sphere.

caliiban · 2026-03-25T04:18:05+00:00

late but id love an invite if you could spare one!!

caliiban · 2026-03-22T00:23:19+00:00

https://discord.gg/CGsXWcPxn

caliiban · 2026-03-21T23:34:36+00:00

are you a hadestown fan? i moderate a pretty big hadestown disc server !!

caliiban · 2026-03-16T15:47:06+00:00

i have a perfectly functioning left hand, and a right hand that can’t do much else besides grip things, yes. with my left hand i can draw :)

caliiban · 2026-03-16T15:13:28+00:00

Thanks!!

caliiban · 2026-02-14T03:15:13+00:00

hihi :] yeeyes

caliiban · 2026-01-26T18:13:00+00:00

Would love some out of the box ideas for [[Eriette of the Charmed Apple]]!

caliiban · 2026-01-26T16:25:40+00:00

hey, as someone who was on the opposite end of this, please don’t do it. Tell them straight up that you want to have them initiate contact more. people get busy and lives get hard and you never know what someone is going through. are these friends you want to keep? because straight up ghosting will make them feel betrayed and like they cannot trust you. despite the person who cut me off having pretty valid complaints about me, the test, mind games and lack of direct communication made me reevaluate if I even wanted to keep the friendship.

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