Technical Needs/Information Sheet for Sponsors of
            "Miz Wizards' Science Secrets"

STAGING

Many kinds of sites will work well, including:
	--amphitheater setting, with performer on the flat and seats 
rising in rows away from stage
	--thrust or proscenium stages in theaters
	--in hotels/other institutional meeting halls: risers 18-24" 
high forming a platform approx. 12' deep x 18' wide.  If the room 
has mirrors on the wall, either have the stage set up against a non-
mirrored wall or ask that the mirrors be covered.
	--walls--I need to have or simulate wall surfaces.  In hotels, 
if stage is set against a wall, I can use that plus a couple of portable 
surfaces to provide another angle (i.e., room dividers, portable 
bulletin, white, or chalk boards, dressing screens, stage flats, etc.)  
On theater stages, we can use similar portable surfaces to create 
walls on which to put posters and such.

	I will need access to the room for set-up and technical 
rehearsal -- with all A/V equipment in place -- 2-3 hours before 
the doors open or before any other activity in that room that 
precedes the show (i.e. dinners, etc.).

PROPS & AUDIO/VISUAL

Sponsor provides a screen on which to project images, 
computer, and video projector, with all necessary 
cables, etc, and remote capability.  I'll bring the 
slides, audio and video as a Powerpoint on a USB flash 
drive. We need sound, so if the computer isn't patched 
into the house sound system, we may need external 
speakers to project the sound. I'll bring a USB 
wireless pointer.  But if for some reason it is not 
compatible, we may need your remote. As a back-up, I 
will also bring a DVD with the video, a CD with the 
audio, and a CD/USB with the slides. The latter is an 
autorun.exe option that requires no other software.
A tech person needs to be available & on-hand 
at set-up and during the show. 

Sponsor is asked to provide the following:

*wireless, lavalier body microphone

*standard institutional table (approx 5-8' long, 30" high, 2.5' wide)

*cardboard box or milk crate (approx 14x14 square or rectangular)

*If possible, we'll play the music over the room sound system. If not, 
 we'll need a boom box that plays CD's or audio cassettes.

*Dressing area.  On theater stages, I can go offstage to change 
 between scenes.  On hotel stages, I will need a screened area off 
 stage or a space (perhaps a table) available behind a door that leads 
 to the corridor behind stage.

LIGHTING

Periodically, I will be showing slides and video on one part of the stage 
while still talking in character from another part.  The first needs to be 
darker to enhance the visuals, the second needs to be lit to see me.  
On regular stages, this is usually accomplished with the use of  theater 
lights/spotlights.  In settings without theater lights and with limited flexi-
bility, we need to work out the lighting situation--by putting the screen 
offstage in a darkened area, by using rear projection screen, by 
unscrewing bulbs in ceiling fixtures, by bringing in a spotlight, etc.--so 
the visuals can be displayed to their best advantage.

DUPLICATION OF MATERIALS

Publicity materials--picture, poster, program--will be sent via email
attachment or postal mail for your use. 
    
Please duplicate the program for the number of people you expect.  
Programs will be distributed as people arrive.

Should you have use for a poster, please duplicate the one you receive. 
There is room for you to include your date/time/place/sponsor information.


Contact information--email: jcurry@usfamily.net
                     phone: 612-729-6457
                            www.janecurry.com

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