Shakespeare in Love, Tech Reh, Capts

1 – Director Terrin Adair-Lynch works through lighting cues and actor blocking during the tech rehearsal for the upcoming SMC production of Shakespeare in Love on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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The tech crew for SMC’s production of Shakespeare in Love work through lighting cues on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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On the edge of the SMC Main Stage, director Terrin Adair-Lynch decides on a hairstyle for actor Teagan Sirset’s role as William Shakespeare’s (fictional) girlfriend Viola De Lesseps in the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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Student lighting designer Sara Smith, 23, from Los Angeles, a technical theatre major, sets lighting cues during the tech rehearsal for the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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Stage Manager Irene (Dong-hee) Lee, 27, from Seoul, Korea, makes an announcement to the cast and crew during the tech rehearsal for the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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While waiting for a lighting cue to be set during tech rehearsal, some cast members on the SMC Main Stage use a cell phone to double check the script of Shakespeare in Love on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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Justin Winick, 21, a film and theatre arts major from New York, and Teagan Sirset, 20, a theatre arts major from Los Angeles, rehearse their roles as William Shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps during the tech rehearsal for the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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Director Terrin Adair-Lynch (right) sets the blocking for an action where a character is detained in a space under the stage in the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love at the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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Teagan Sirset, 20, a theatre arts major from Los Angeles, and Justin Winick, 21, a film and theatre arts major from New York, rehearse their roles as Viola De Lesseps and William Shakespeare during the tech rehearsal for the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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Teagan Sirset, (right), 20, playing William Shakespeare’s fictional girlfriend Viola De Lesseps, playing the character Juliet, prepares to take her own life after discovering that Justin Winick, 21, playing William Shakespeare playing Romeo, has killed himself in the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love during a tech rehearsal on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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Director Terrin Adair-Lynch helps actor Tegan Sirset playing Viola De Lesseps playing Juliet find an elegant way to collapse after stabbing herself in the climactic scene from Romeo and Juliet during the tech rehearsal for the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. Between Adair-Lynch and Sirset, Justin Winick, playing William Shakespeare playing Romeo, lies in repose having already taken his own life when he thought that Juliet was dead. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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Teagan Sirset, (right), 20, playing William Shakespeare’s fictional girlfriend Viola De Lesseps, playing the character Juliet, is distressed to discover that Justin Winick, 21, playing William Shakespeare playing Romeo, has killed himself in the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love during a tech rehearsal on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

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At the conclusion of the tech rehearsal for the SMC production of Shakespeare in Love, the cast waits for notes on the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019. The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)


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Santa Monica College (SMC) theatre students at work at the tech rehearsal for Shakespeare in Love at the SMC Main Stage on Thursday, March 21, 2019.

Faculty member and director Terrin Adair-Lynch (left) sets lighting cues with student lighting director Sara Smith (top) as stage manager Irene (Dong-hee) Lee (right) calls the show.

The Shakespeare in Love screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, with music by Paddy Cunneen. Performances will run from March 29 through April 7, 2019. (Glenn Zucman/The Corsair)

Published by Glenn Zucman

Artist & Arts Educator based in Los Angeles.