 Hi, I am Tane Danger and I'm here with Tee. We get to talk like every year I feel like it's very fun because I like love coming to these theater spaces But remind me actually exactly what your title is because like every time you're doing something new I feel like right my title has changed a lot over the years So currently I am the lighting and sound designer and a continuing instructor. That's very cool And we are in this brand new beautiful laboratory theater the Robin Judy Gardner laboratory theater And we have done one production with an audience One one just one that's very cool. We're going for number two number two And that's what is set up right now That is the missing throat the one that we have set up now the missing throat And so we'll walk and talk a little bit about this, but I don't know if we can just do a shot of like I like that you say oh, I'm the lighting person and it's like you just really were like if we're going to do a show We're going to do all the lighting. Well, yeah Why have one chandelier when you could have 28? Yeah, we're hopefully getting a couple more really But you are seeing 28 of them working. He's like the Mankato Minards like cleaned out right now or no, but the Habitat for Humanity Restore is There you go. We're making deals with them. That's awesome. So I don't know tell me about like what the Vision for this was like how did this come about? Sure. So the missing throat takes place in 1660 in the real world But we're going to bend it up a little bit So we start out getting a feeling of that but we change into something a little more modern So there's also led lights and TVs and lots of craziness So yeah, we're expecting it to be fun and exciting and a little more modern twist on a show that is Quite old. Yeah It should be exciting. I mean you you can see from here that there's Christmas tree lights up Yeah, there's a wedding that's gonna happen and we're we're going all out for it. That is so cool I mean, you know, I like obviously spent a lot of time like in theaters and and I have so much respect for People who actually who actually have real skills You know like lighting and sound and design and things like that But I what what does it take to put something like this together? When did you start how many students and things are involved? Sure, it takes an army That's that's for sure. Um, we started talking about the show last school year Okay So before we end we have a 10 week design process and then we work our way all the way to At the end of 10 weeks of of figuring and thinking and over summer we skip some weeks and add some space in Sure, then we we get to the part where we build it. We put it in we start building the set that's below us We'll see it when we go around the other side Um, and we we start getting it all together. I have about 12 students who work for me Wow, there's probably about 20 in the scene shop I think there's 30 in the costume shop There are there are over 100 students involved in every production we do. Wow, that's wild I mean, I kind of want to keep walking because I've never gotten to be up here right now. This is the cat I know to you you're just like, what do you mean? This is just home Uh, but for most folks like oh we're on the catwalk. We're like up above everything right now This space you already said, uh, rob judy gardener laboratory theater and This is only the second production. Can you just tell us a little bit about Again for folks who haven't been here before like what is amazing and wonderful about this space that As a new wonderful addition to our theater department here Sure. Um, so one of the things that's really exciting is that it's an additional space to work in Yeah, which is something our department has really needed. Um, but what's really exciting about this space is it's completely flexible So if you look down and I'm going to point the camera over there There's flexible seating over under the chandeliers on the end there That scene is completely movable. Those are foldable chairs that are comfortable the most important factor Um, the first show that we did in here was in fact a proscenium type stage where the stage was actually currently Under where we're currently standing so the seats were on that side Now we've rotated it over so we have a longer stage this way Um, and we can go into the round. We can do any configuration we want Everything is made super flexible And even the lighting and sound equipment is made flexible so that we can take the lighting and sound boards down to the main deck We can work from there and then we can bring them back up and all the equipment will keep working And there's places you can just plug it in downstairs Lots of easy convenient take it down the elevator plug it in you're good to go And I've got to imagine that like for students That's like really exciting right like it's exciting for me. It's really Yeah, because like now all of a sudden you can you've got a Blind canvas that you can do just about anything on with lots of led lights all new light fixtures all new sound equipment all new lighting equipment Dressing rooms and and scene shops and everything just all new toys. Yeah, it is really exciting There it got a little tiring on opening packages, but then you think about how How are you gonna use it? I'm just Can I say that you're like the child on christmas morning that's like i'm tired of opening presents right now There's so many there's so many but now we're gonna play with it and we I mean we took that break But we're back and now it feels more like normal that we're we're getting in there We we were focusing lights earlier today. You came after we finished that so yeah The show is coming along and it's getting close and that's that's super exciting Yeah, I went to rehearsal the other night was laughing hysterically. I've seen this show already I've seen them do it, but they were at a whole new level now. Wow that is fantastic Well, I I love getting to come in this space because a it's like getting to see behind the curtain at the Wizard of Oz Like how a lot of this like actually happens But then also this is gift against davis day and like this Is an example of the kind of thing that you all are supporting and like what you have made possible in previous years And are making possible right now with gifts that you make like these kinds of amazing spaces That are the embodiment of opportunity for young students who are going into this theater space for the first time So yeah, uh, it is super cool and super wonderful. Thank you so much for the wonderful tour. Sure Yeah, this is very cool. All right. Thank you all so much uh for taking this time to watch with us Again, this is like what you are supporting is this opportunity for people Here at gas davis amazing things like this are what you make possible So thank you. Thank you. Thank you and if you haven't now is a really good time to give to gas davis All right. This is cool. Can we keep walking?