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A look into my sound experiences:
The 146 Point Flame
By Matt Thompson
Directed by: Allis Roddy
Costumes: Megan Breene
Lighting: Sophia Barnes
Sound: Elizabeth Pendergraft
For Bartlesville High Schools fall Blackbox production of "The 146 Point flame", the show is rooted in the silence and the terror of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911. Starting with that information there are very few sounds actually within the show itself, and there were some artistic liberties taken. Emphasizing the importances when the characters waver in and out of reality with memories and the active fire.
Romeo & Juliet
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Allis Roddy
Assistant Director: Kylie Anderberg
Student Director: Alana Jackson
Stage Manager: Reese Ryal
ASM: Payton Fitzpatrick
Lighting Designer: Brennan Stephans
Lighting Assistant: MaKenzi VanCleave
Sound Designer: Elizabeth Pendergraft
As our 2025 fall mainstage we took this classic Shakespeare and put many twists on it. We took this romance tragedy forming it into a black and white 2 act comedy into tragedy. I was tasked with finding music to really shape this story to fit our new theme, from party jams in act 1 to funeral music.
In our act 1 (Shakespeare's act 1-2) we turned it into a comedy with music such as Gasolina by Daddy Yankee during our gang battles to Conga by Gloria Estefan in our hype party. The playlist for act 1 is made to let people have a good time and feel themselves. Although when act 2 hit and Tybalt slays Mercutio the music dims, the mood shifts and music such as As the World Caves In by Matt Maltese and A Soulmate Who Wasn't Meant to Be by Jess Benko played.
This show's music although it may be well known shows drastic change through the 2 acts helping the shift in mood be noticed easier by some.
SEEN: Student Showcase
Directors: Sophie Hewitt, Alana Jackson, Presley Osborn, Ryker Burch, and Evan Ortiz
Stage Manager: Kay parks
Costumes: Payton Fitzpatrick
Props: Gracy Ruegge
Sound: Elizabeth Pendergraft
Lighting: Sophie Sutton
Seen was BHS's Spring 2025 mainstage, it was made up of 9 scenes all written and directed by various students at BHS. This was a show that I let the student directors take more creative liberties in the sound they wanted for each respective scene. This was our first show we did without the help of our Mic packs and relied on only our choir mics and floor mics.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Director: Allis Roddy
Assistant Director: Sophia Hewitt
Stage Manager: Reese Ryal
Lighting Design: Sloan Hewitt
Sound Designer: Elizabeth Pendergraft
A2: Anya Roanhorse
HPCC was BHS's Fall 2024 play. This was the first show where I was our main sound person, and the show that made me realize I can do this as a profession in the future. In this show we rented the already existing required sounds, and I got to focus on using our soundboard. This was the show I learned about Equalizing on mics and the basics on how to do it.
Anatomy Of Gray
By: Jim Leonard
Director: Allis Roddy
Assist. Director: Marisa Wells
Stage Manager: Grace Morrison
ASM: Reese ryal
Sound: Allis Roddy and Jacob Stapp
Sound Board op.: Elizabeth Pendergraft
Mics: Soren Barnes
Lighting Designer Lucas Mann
Anatomy Of Gray was the 2024 spring mainstage, and the first show I ran mics and effects at the same time. Sound effects in the show were very minimal, and it was either instrumentals or nature noises. With this show being my first experience running both the board and the effects at the same time it will come into future experience needed and something I will do all the time.
Two Gents
By: William Shakespeare
Director: Allis RoddY
Assist. Director: Kathryn Williams
Stage Manager: Nik Gilbert
ASM: Kay Parks
Sound Design: Dylan Tavernia, Jacob Stapp
Sound Board Op: Soren Barnes
A2: Elizabeth Pendergraft
Lights: Lucas Mann, Grace Morrison
Light Board op: Grace Morrison
Two Gents Was BHS's 2023 fall play. Here at BHS, we don't do just Shakespeare, there has to be a twist. Our twist for this show is that it was set to the vibes of the 80s and 90s (Lingo included), and we had songs like Betty DAVIS EYES TO You give love a bad name.
The Hobbit
By: Patricia Gray
(Based on the classic by J.R.R Tolkien)
Director: Allis Roddy
Assistant Director & ASM: Bella Cavaceci
Stage Manager: Sadie Davidson
ASM: Kathryn Williams
Sound Designer: Parker Atkinson
Sound Board Op: Carter Wells
A2: Elizabeth Pendergraft
Lighting designer: Lucas Mann
Lighting Board op: Liberty Scheer
Spot Ops: Emma Lehman, Taz Naylor
Costumer: Samarah Robinson
The 2022 BHS Fall mainstage play, and my first ever show at BHS. I had signed up to do crew and got placed as an A2. Little did I know that this experience would shape my passions and dreams for the next years.
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