Fiddler on the Roof

Props Head Non-Equity National Broadway Tour
Joined Tour: February 6th, 2020 Tour Ended: March 15th, 2020

I joined this tour in February 2020 when the previous Props Head stepped down. The schedule for the remainder of the tour comprised of mostly week or split week sits, and was supposed to run through mid May. Like much of the entertainment industry, the tour was shut down mid March due to the spread of Covid-19 around the world. While this meant I was only with the show for a little over a month, in that time I worked on the show I was able to use my abilities and the support of my crew mates to smoothly run the props department.

Tour Basic Info:

S Contract, operating as an M
5 Truck Show
10 Hour Load In
3 Hour Show Run
5 Hour Load Out

Props Specific Tour Info:

4 Prop Locals per venue
10 person orchestra, including 2 keyboards and a medium drum kit
Very Large Props

My Basic Duties Included:

Load In

Facilitate unpack of all 4 to 5 trucks and make sure everything needed in each department reaches required location
Set up chairs/ stands/ keyboards/ drum kit in the pit
Unpack and assemble the Kitchen Unit, Well Unit, Bar Unit, 3 Trees, Tailor Counter, and 2 table/chair dollies
Set up Quick Change Alley
Preset larger prop pieces and furniture after the deck has been put down
Set up Hand Prop storage boxes for show

Show

Preset all props
Walk through SL and SR prop tracks with local props team
Run personal props track for show
Double check with props team throughout show

Load Out

Pack up 2 prop boxes, 1 work box, 2 storage boxes, 2 hampers
Disassemble and pack the Kitchen Unit, Well Unit, Bar Unit, Trees and Tree Box, Tailor Counter, and 2 table/chair dollies
Pack up the remainder of the drum kit and orchestra hampers (after smaller things are packed by pit rat)
Instruct pack of Truck 4 and Truck 3

Department Head-Run Sheet.pdf

The Sound of Music

Props Head Non-Equity National Broadway Tour

Joined Tour: January 27, 2019 Tour Ended: June 2nd, 2019

I joined this tour in January when the previous Props Head stepped down. This was my first IATSE contract, joining the Union under the ACT contract. This was an S contract sized show, and I was a department of one on the tour. A very busy tour schedule. In the 4.5 months I was on the tour we preformed in 56 different cities, 35 of these cities we were in for just one night. The grueling hours were difficult but also allowed me to push myself and grow as a technician. This tour taught me to roll with the punches and make it work. Throughout the tour the crew was given countless curve balls, including small venues, difficult schedules, injured or ill crew members, and at least one flipped truck. Despite all of this, the crew would come together and make the show happen.