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The Chautauquan Daily, official newspaper of Chautauqua Institution, is seeking photography interns for the 2011 summer season. The internship runs from June 14 to Aug. 26. The Daily is a 12-30 page broadsheet newspaper that is published six days per week for nine weeks. Publication dates are Monday through Saturday, June 25—Aug. 27.

Four photographers will be hired. Photographers work six days each week. Assignments will include: morning and afternoon lectures (some well-known speakers ranging from senators to astronauts); evening performances (some well-known entertainers); operas and plays; shots requested by reporters; shots requested by the Institution Relations department; the occasional early morning assignment; and a variety of feature photos (kids, nature, etc.).

Photographers are encouraged to provide their own digital equipment, though two cameras and lenses are available for the staff.

Photographers are expected to write their own captions, paying special attention to names, children’s ages, etc.

Candidates should have experience in Adobe Photoshop. Experience in color correction and toning images is helpful.

Formoreinformation,contactMattEwaltat716-357-6434ormewalt@ciweb.org.Toapply,sendaresume,thenamesofatleastthreereferencesandsamplesofyourworktothee-mailaboveortoMattEwalt,Dailyeditor,POBox28,ChautauquaInstitution,Chautauqua,NY14722.

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Upon first glance of the “You Can’t Take It With You” set, audience members might think it appears a bit off. And it’s not because the Sycamore house is deco-

rated with snakes, skulls, a deer head and five different types of wallpaper. It’s because the set is crooked — literally.

The stage is actually raked, or built on an an-gle. And the actors are actually walking uphill and downhill as they travel across stage.

Anytime the stage is not level, it is said to be raked, explained John Zuiker, Chautauqua The-ater Company scenic design fellow. The rake for “You Can’t Take It With You” was built on top of the stage in Bratton Theater. For every foot the rake goes upstage, it rises three-fourths of an inch.

There will be a behind-the-scenes tour of the “You Can’t Take It With You” set at 2:15 p.m. today at Bratton Theater for those interested in learning more about the rake and other scenic elements in the play. Production manager Joe Stoltman said that Todd Proffitt, CTC director of operations, will talk about the history of Bratton Theater, and CTC design fellows will discuss de-sign aspects of the show. If the crowd is small enough, it can tour backstage as well, Stoltman said.

Originally, all stages were raked because the angle of the stage allowed the audience members, who sat on a flat surface, to see what was happen-ing, Zuiker said. Eventually, the seating area for the audience became raked and the stages became flat. The terms “downstage” and “upstage” origi-nated from the raked stage, he said. That’s why downstage is toward the audience — because the actors were actually walking downstage as they moved forward. The same applies with upstage: It is located at the end of the stage, away from the audience.

Director Paul Mullins, along with guest set de-signer Lee Savage, chose the raked stage because it complements the unique characteristics of the Sycamore family, Mullins said.

“We wanted it to be a real place, but we wanted that place to be theatrical like that family,” he said.

Zuiker added that the rake helps portray that something is off in the Sycamore house because “a rake offers a less literal version of the world.”

The rake helped the designers make the base-ment in the Sycamore house seem more realistic, as the actors have to walk down stairs to step off the stage.

A raked stage is rare in theater today, perhaps because there are many challenges a rake poses. Zuiker said the rake can sometimes cause actors pain, such as knee pain. This is less of a problem for “You Can’t Take It With You.” Since the run of the play is short, the actors’ bodies can with-stand the trauma for a short period of time.

The most extreme rake Stoltman ever worked with was built for a nine-week production of “The Winter’s Tale” — the stage was raked 1 3/4 inches over a foot.

“It was brutal,” he said. “It was bad for just the crew to walk on it. It was a brutal, brutal rake. … It’s difficult for actors to deal with that kind of stuff.”

Aside from actors, raked stages pose challenges with moving set pieces. Zuiker said it is difficult to have moving sets because the wheels on the set pieces tend to roll. To stop this, designers have to ensure that the wheels on moving set pieces are locked. One piece that needs special treatment in “You Can’t Take It With You” is the xylophone. It has to be level for Ed to play it, so it needed to be counter-raked.

Despite the challenges it presents, the design-ers knew the raked stage was the right choice for the CTC production.

“You make the choice for a very specific reason, and oftentimes the limitations are outweighed by the reason you make the choice,” Zuiker said.

Forced PerspectiveAn optical illusion used in stage scenery that

creates a sense of depth in a 2-D object or painting.

‘Heads’If heard on stage in a theater, it means

someone has dropped something from above that could hit you in the head. Watch out!

CTC gives a behind-The-sCenes look aT The Crooked seT of ‘You Can’T Take iT WiTh You’

sTorY bY Kelly Petryszyn

PhoTos bY emily Fox

Props from the set of CtC’s “you Can’t take it With you.”

rachel mewbron, who plays Alice sycamore, does yoga before a performance.

Fisher neal uses several types of gel to style his hair for his role as mr. Henderson.

A figure illustrating the “you Can’t take it With you” set

Julia ogilvie has her hair curled for her role as essie Carmichael.

A crew member assembles the set before a performance.

source: Production manager Joe stoltman

Stage left, stage rightTerms from the actor’s vantage point onstage. As audience members facing the stage watch actors travel right, the actors are actually on stage left. Vice versa for stage right.

ProsceniumThe arch that is in front of the stage.

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Actors and members of the stage crew prepare for a performance of

“you Can't take it With you.”

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Photo: Emily FoxPhoto: Tim Harris

Photo: Emily Fox

Photo: Greg Funka

Photo: Greg Funka

Photo: Tim Harris

Photo: Rachel Kilroy

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by Kathleen Chaykowski | Staff writer

The sun is setting, glistening silver and yellow. You are standing in the sea, and waves wash up around your legs. You sway slightly, and your toes dig deeper into the sand. You wonder where these waves come from, where the energy starts. Looking back at the shore, you see it is merely

a crust. The ocean is the larger living space, and you are part of it now, con-nected to all other shores, all other people, through the droplets at your feet.

If you can imagine the ocean, the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra’s con-cert at 8:15 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater will bring you to a familiar place. The concert features a special piece: soprano Janet Brown singing “A Song of Longing, Though …” with words by Tom Beal and music by guest conductor Grant Cooper.

by Jack RodenfelsStaff writer

With projects spanning five continents and more than 30 years of experience, photojournalist Ed Kashi will portray his passion for photography at 10:45 a.m. today in the Amphitheater, where he aims to educate and inspire Chautauquans to take interest in sociopo-litical plights around the world.

Kashi will touch on some of his projects that he is most passionate about — includ-ing documenting the experi-ences of people living in the Kurdish area in Northern Iraq, the negative impact of the oil industry on the Niger Delta region, modernization in India, and the lives of ru-ral villagers in Madagascar.

“It’s going to be a mix-ture of very serious issues — both geopolitical in na-ture and issues close to home,” Kashi said.

Close to home, Kashi will discuss “Aging in Ameri-ca” — an eight-year project completed in 2003 which launched a traveling exhibi-tion, an award-winning doc-umentary film, a website and a book which was honored as one of the top photo books of 2003 by American Photo.

“My goal with ‘Aging in America’ was to paint the portrait of what America will deal with, in the near future,” Kashi explained. “I tried to create a time-less body of work for what I consider one of the press-ing issues of our lifetimes.”

Kashi, a self-described

by Laura McCrystalStaff writer

The most expensive photograph Sotheby’s ever sold went for $2.9 million; it was Edward Steichen’s “The Pond — Moonlight.”

Christopher Mahoney, senior vice president of Sotheby’s photograph de-partment, does not cite this

by Beth Ann DowneyStaff writer

Neil Shicoff wants to start giving back, to both the peo-ple who taught him in the past and those who will give themselves to the future of his art form.

Shicoff, a renowned vocal-ist and actor who boasts a 35-year international career in opera and performance, will

Kashi

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Guest conductor Grant Cooper gestures to the violins during “overture: Aotearoa,” a piece from Cooper’s homeland of new Zealand in Cso concert earlier this season.

Photographer Kashi raises awareness with visual storytelling

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Brown

“visual storyteller,” since 1979, has had work pub-lished in various publica-tions, including Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, Time, and MediaStorm, and had five books published.

Perhaps Kashi’s most recognized work includes his work in Niger for Na-tional Geographic Magazine. Chronicling the negative effects of oil development in the impecunious Niger Delta region, Kashi’s work led to a photographic and editorial essay book, Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta.

“It’s always about raising awareness, touching peo-ple’s hearts, opening their minds and moving them to think,” Kashi explained of his sociopolitical journal-istic work. “I try to illumi-nate stories that I feel people need to know more about, or bring up issues that people don’t know anything about.”

Same ocean, different shores

In the case of love, how many of us have looked up at the moon and thought that our loved one could

look up at the moon at the same moment?— grant Cooper, guest conductor

CSO performs recent composition set to poetry

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Mahoney to discuss ethics behind photography in the auction house

Mahoney

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number to brag about the high cost, but rather to d e m o n -strate that there is a serious fine arts market for photography, just as exists for paintings

and other art forms. In this respect, Mahoney

said his Interfaith Lecture today at 2 p.m. in the Hall of Philosophy will be “intrigu-ingly different” for the Chau-tauqua Institution audience. His lecture is titled “Photog-raphy in the Auction House: a Discussion of Ethics.”

In teaching young vocalists, Shicoff is giving back by paying it forward

shicoff

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arrive on the grounds today and spend the next several days work-ing with students in the Voice Program.

Shicoff shares a common bond with the students, hav-

ing also studied closely with Voice Chair Marlena Malas in the beginning of his ca-reer. He described Malas as both an “enlightened spirit” and a “fantastic technician,” adding that she helped carry him through many roles, as well as many different life experiences.

PHOTO by greg FuNka

Prolonged exposure of a full moon rising over Chautauqua Lake