New Ulm High School has been producing plays for as long as it has been here, whether it’s based on a true story or it’s a made-up thing. But for all of them to happen, they need a set crew, and a part of that crew is the manager, Tyson Goold.
Tyson came into the theater in his 8th grade year; he didn’t want a main role, so he thought he would do backstage. Through the years, Tyson worked hard and eventually moved up to set manager. Tyson single-handedly keeps the crew in check, organizes the set and the pieces, and makes sure everything is working smoothly.
Tyson may be the set manager, but sometimes he doesn’t like the shows. When it comes to the recent 9 to 5 show, he thought it was good, it was new, they had new roles and new actors, which he thought was great. He thought it was awesome that they added some new technical effects, although they were a little difficult to learn.
Tyson rates the show pretty high.
“I’d say seven or eight because of some of the new technical elements we added,” he said. “We added like, Everett flying and everything and like a big clock moving. So that was a little difficult, but it was easy to learn once we figure some stuff out. And like, actors really locked in this year. They knew they needed to get done, they did it. And so it wasn’t horribly difficult, but it was some new elements.”
So, reading this, you may want to go to a play or a show, and when you do, always clap and show appreciation for the backstage crew because they are the reason that the show can happen.
