My Life is a Giant Game of Mousetrap

From Kate, Technical Production Intern

Well, we have entered into another crazy period here in the scene shop! Last week we spent Thursday and Friday on load-in for Betrayal in the Leo K. space and started tech on Sunday. Then Monday (President’s Day!), we began loading in Seafarer in the Bagley, and we go into tech for that show on Friday. Who doesn’t love two overlapping tech schedules? Basically it means my next day off is sometime in March.

Before all the craziness happened, I was working on another intern project. I have been learning about using PLC (programmable logic control). Basically I use ladder logic in a computer program then dump my program into a plc. Then I can run various devices off of the plc. Right now, when I push a button, it fires a solenoid, which hits a limit switch, which lights up a bulb and starts a timer that counts to three and then resets the system. I have decided my next course of action is to make a giant automated game of Mousetrap!

I can’t believe that I only have 10 weeks left of my internship. And it is going to go by in no time, between these two shows, and then we have Kevin Kling and then Carrie Fisher. I am really excited about everything that I have left, but at the same time it is a sad realization that my time at the Rep is soon coming to an end. And it is not exactly the best time to try and find a job! That is why anyone out there should go for this apprenticeship. A guaranteed job for a season is a very exciting prospect right now. Well, on that note…now it is back to work on load-in!