October 23, 2003

Ask a Stagehand...

Reader Mookie asks "Why and how did you start your buisness? And did u go to college first?"


Oooooo... We're off to a good start...


Why?... I was tired of working for people that were either clueless and or uncaring about doing events right, be they theatrical, corperate, or rock-n-roll jobs.


How?... I had been collecting equipment for some time... (I'm a tool junkie) So I had 99% of the tools needed for the shop.  I also had come into a bunch of lighting equipment through a store I did some display work for... (They closed, and told me I could salvage anything I wanted) I also happened to be there to pick up the pieces when one of the shops in the area dropped the ball for a very large corperate client... So it all came together... Main client, tools, and lights... Finding the actual shop space was the hardest part...


College?... Yep, I did indeed go to college... (hard to accept looking at some of my spelling and grammer at times... but true...) I got a BFA in Theatre Production from Penn State... (took 5 years to do it, but it was worth it, regardless of the headache... now if they had only told us that the real world didn't work like educational theatre)






Have a question about some aspect of theatre/concerts?...tools?...woodworking?... Leave me a note, and I'll do what I can to answer it...

Posted by Backstage at October 23, 2003 07:03 PM
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