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This website is a comprehensive resource for anyone desiring to produce quality theatre on a shoestring budget with sections devoted specifically to the various areas of production from directing to acting to designing. It includes production archives from past productions directed by Laurie Swigart to be used for research and sources of inspiration. Also included is an extensive theatre links section for all your production and theatre education needs.

Last updated - 10-5-08

WHO'S THE BRIGHTEST BULB?

How many producers does it take to change a light bulb?
Do we really have to have another light bulb? It's not in the budget, you know.

How many playwrights does it take to change a light bulb?
Change? Change? Why does it have to change? It's perfect just the way it is.

How many Directors does it take to change a light bulb?
Three. No, five. No, you go away -- four. YES! Four! Perfect! I think...

How many stage managers does it take to change a...
Never mind. It's done.

How many set designers does it take to change a light bulb?
Does it really have to be a light bulb?

How many lighting designers does it take to change a light bulb?
Why bother, the actress can't find the light anyway.

How many props masters does it take to change a light bulb?
Light bulb!? No one told me they put a lamp on the set.

How many theatre students does it take to change a light bulb?
Uh, what's the deadline, 'cause I may need and extension.

How many lighting techs does it take to change a light bulb?
It's not a bulb, it's a lamp, stupid.

How many conductors does it take to change a light bulb?
Seven. Of course, I wouldn't expect you to understand.

How many actors does it take to change a light bulb?
All of them. One to change the bulb, and the rest to talk about how much
better they could have done it.

How many performance artists does it take to change a light bulb?
I don't know. I left before the first act was over.

How many theatre critics does it take to change a light bulb?
One to be highly critical of the design elements, one to express contempt
for the glow of the lamp, one to lambaste the wattage used, one to discuss
at length his interpretation of wattage used, one to observe how trite the use
of a light bulb was, one to critique the performance of the bulb itself, one
to recall superb light bulbs of past seasons and lament how this one fails
to measure up, and all to join in the refrain, reflecting on how they could
build a better light bulb in their sleep.

How many audience members does it take to change a light bulb?
Four. One to do it, on child to cry all through Act I, one to loudly say,
"LOOK ROSE. HE'S CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB," and one to frantically
ty to silence their cell phone as it plays the Hallelujah Chorus.

[Thank you to Wisconsin Association of Community Theatre WACT News - September 2007]

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PRODUCTION ARCHIVES
STILL LIFE WITH IRIS
2005
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS
2004
KISS ME KATE
2004
CAMELOT
2004
THE ELEVENTH
2003
THE FOREIGNER
2003
A PENNY FOR A SONG
2003
LOST IN YONKERS
2002
NUNSENSE
2002
FOREVER PLAID
2001
LITTLE WOMEN
2001
GODSPELL
2001
THE MISER
2001
DON'T DRINK THE WATER
2000
'TIL DEATH DO US PART
2000
WEST SIDE STORY
2000
THE CURIOUS SAVAGE
2000
ANTIGONE - 1865
1999
M*A*S*H
1999
SMALL ACTORS
1999
SEVEN BRIDES
1999
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
1998
JOSEPH/DREAMCOAT
1998
THE NERD
1997
GREATER TUNA
1997
ROSENCRANZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD
1997
THE LEARNED LADIES
1996
COMEDY OF ERRORS
1995
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
1991
CARNIVAL!
1990
SOUND OF MUSIC
1987
THE KING AND I
1986
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