{"636561":{"#nid":"636561","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"DramaTech\u2019s Virtual Production of \u2018Boom\u2019 Addresses Existence, Science and More","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDramaTech director Melissa Foulger was interviewed for a segment of City Lights with Lois Reitzes on WABE on June 25, 2020. Foulger discussed the challenges of creating the student-run theater\u0026#39;s new production \u0026#39;Boom\u0026#39; virtually.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe production process has been entirely virtual from casting to rehearsals to performances.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We were all in our own homes, and we would tune in to Zoom and practice initially with reading and then we started working on blocking and then adding components of tech. And next thing you know, we got a show,\u0026rdquo; Hughes said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach showing is live instead of taped in advance.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s very scary sometimes,\u0026rdquo; said Foulger.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHughes explains that not having audience feedback is a challenge. The actors can only hear each other over Zoom.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It can be a little daunting when you\u0026rsquo;re not really sure how you\u0026rsquo;re doing,\u0026rdquo; said Hughes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the goals Foulger had for creating the production entirely virtually was to share their experience with other theaters.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Now that we\u0026rsquo;ve proven that it\u0026rsquo;s possible, the idea is that hopefully we can help other people to be able to do things like this and to give the feel of being in a theatrical experience even if you\u0026rsquo;re doing it virtually,\u0026rdquo; said Foulger.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wabe.org\/dramatechs-virtual-production-of-boom-addresses-existence-science-and-more\/\u0022\u003EFull interview on WABE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2020-06-26 16:04:09","changed_gmt":"2020-06-26 16:04:09","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"2022 benefits","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wabe.org\/dramatechs-virtual-production-of-boom-addresses-existence-science-and-more\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-06-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"636279":{"id":"636279","type":"image","title":"Rehearsing \u0027boom\u0027 online","body":null,"created":"1592345324","gmt_created":"2020-06-16 22:08:44","changed":"1592345324","gmt_changed":"2020-06-16 22:08:44","alt":"Students and Melissa Foulger rehearsing via videoconferencing","file":{"fid":"242103","name":"dramatech image-1690px.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dramatech%20image-1690px.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dramatech%20image-1690px.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1181885,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dramatech%20image-1690px.jpg?itok=8TjX8Ywi"}}},"media_ids":["636279"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1062","name":"dramatech"},{"id":"15346","name":"Melissa Foulger"},{"id":"181235","name":"boom"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}