Burning Chrome

Jack "reverse engineers" the mysterious Russian cartridge.
I like this part of the narration now that the technical parts have been explained to me. The lighting crew used a real laser diode to do the micromanipulator and I had to take this picture. It doesn't do it justice and the laser light messes up my camera, but it is a sweet effect. This show is loaded with effects; I haven't seen the fog machine YET, but I'm sure somebody will think of a place to use it. Maybe when the 'burn' goes down and the cartridge melts. Which reminds me, it is now my duty to find the clock that reads "07:24:05".

Burning Chrome

Automatic Jack and Bobby Quine outside the Gentleman Loser.
We started rehearsing 'Burning Chrome' this week and boy oh boy is this going to be tricky. Attempting to represent "cyberspace" on stage is an interesting challenge, on par with staging dreams. 'Burning Chrome' is a VERY technology-based story and luckily we have some very technical people. The lighting crew is happy to be doing something other than "daytime", "twilight", and "nighttime", but now they want money to buy all the new color LEDs, like tangerine and aqua. I can tell you RIGHT NOW that this is going to be one of those horribly over-budget shows. It will probably be the coolest one ever, but somebody is going to have to send a letter out to The Patrons begging for more "generous gifts". Hmm, I wonder who'll have to do that?