creativeconners.com: Every component of our system requires a litany of skills to develop and build. Our staff has a mix of engineers, programmers, theater technicians, and machinists. We bring in interns with diverse backgrounds and training as well. Our last 2017 intern is a perfect example of solid mechanical know-how, theater experience, and engineering training.
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Do you ever see an article written about someone you know and the song “It’s a small world” plays on repeat in your head. I worked with Danton two years ago at Heritage Theater Festival in Virginia. He is an incredibly intelligent, witty, and a great person to work with. Based on my experience with Danton and others like him, I think it is vital that mechanical engineers and other non-theater majors have an opportunity to work in, and are encouraged to work in, theater. I know Simone at Carnegie Mellon is studying Mechanical Engineering and does work-study in the scene shop while pursuing a drama minor. She frequently brings insight and a depth of knowledge regarding the mechanical process to problems that those of us in the school of drama cannot supply. Her scope of experience with mechanical design is far broader than mine currently is. She brings fresh eyes to problems. Her love of theater is no less than my own (perhaps her love is greater). We would be stupid to exclude people with experience outside of theater from participating.
This was an amazing eye opening article for me. For years before going back to school I have always wondered why there isn’t just a small motor that just dose the things I imagined would be useful in “making the Magic” as i call it, of theatre. Ive, from time to time, though of myself as a kind of artist problem solver, always thinking of ways to make a pice of scenery move a certain way or a lighting fixture by used in multiple ways. Well alas it looks like someone has beaten me to it, but that’s alright. As i know focus on being a designer, it make my job easer. Not I don’t have learn so much about mechanical engineering I can just learn about a few types of automation motors and then i can get back to work designing how its all going to come together, rather how it has to work. I am very excited to get my hands on some of these automated motors and try them out myself.
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