Chess University of california, Irvine |
Irvine Barclay Theatre
Nov 11 - 18, 2017 |
Director: Robin Buck
Scenic Design: Dipu Gupta Lighting Design: Morgan Embry Sound Design: Guo Ningru |
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Photo credit: Paul Kennedy
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Building this musical in a concert setting was challenging but allowed for many unconventional sound design methods different to the usual musical theatre.
We chose to use wireless handheld microphones instead of the usual lavaliers to better pit the vocals against the heavy dance style music. We also decided to go with a concert-style speaker system. I had two main arrays for the Front of House system, with no centre array. This was a bold decision in the beginning but proved itself effective to create the left-right sound of a concert. 
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