Anthony Narciso News

Orlando Repertory Theatre (Orlando REP) is proud to present Flora & Ulysses (January 29 - February 25, 2018). This production is presented by supporting sponsor KPMG.

Orlando Repertory Theatre (Orlando REP) is presenting Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical, running now through November 19, 2017. This production is presented by Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Orlando Repertory Theatre (Orlando REP) will open its 2017 - 2018 season with the Drama Desk and Tony Award-winning Disney's Newsies The Musical (September 5 - October 22, 2017). This production is presented by Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs, Disney, and supporting sponsor Lean Green DAD. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in character below!

Orlando Repertory Theatre (Orlando REP) will open its 2017 - 2018 season with the Drama Desk and Tony Award-winning Disney's Newsies The Musical (September 5 - October 22, 2017). This production is presented by Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs, Disney, and supporting sponsor Lean Green DAD. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in character below!

Completing its 2016 - 2017 professional season, Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP) presents Nancy Drew and Her Biggest Case Ever (April 10 - May 14, 2017). This production is presented by OUC and supporting sponsor Massey Services.

I was the assistant sound designer and the sound engineer for Auburn University Theatre's production of The Drowsy Chaperone. My duties ran from paperwork, to recordings, to sound pick-up, load-in, running the show, and strike. The sound designer was Anthony Narciso, who we have hired three times previously to design sound for our shows. I am still amazed at how much he can teach me, and how much I still have to learn, regardless of how well I'm doing at sound at the moment. There is never a moment when I want to stop learning about my field, or really when I want to stop learning in general. There is always going to be someone out there who knows more than I do, and it's not as threatening as it may seem. It's a challenge, yes, but also a wonderful experience of sharing and collaborating with what we know. I'm happy to announce that now I know what microphone Mariah Carey wants for her performances, and I know why she wants that, and why it matters. I can tell you what a line array is, and I've learned so much more about EQ than I thought I was going to during the run of The Drowsy Chaperone (like how bringing down a frequency will notch out those harsh 's' sounds, and how I should always cut out the low end of the frequencies).

Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP) presents Curious George: The Golden Meatball (February 27 - April 9, 2017). This production is presented by Clear Channel Outdoor.

Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP) presents Geronimo Stilton: Mouse In Space (January 30 - March 5, 2017). This production is presented by supporting sponsors Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, and Florida Blue. 

Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP) presents Harry Connick, Jr.'s The Happy Elf (November 7 - December 18, 2016), sure to become a new holiday classic onstage this season. This production is presented by Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

As our presidential election (thankfully) moves into its final days, the Orlando Repertory Theatre is currently serving up a delightful injection of fun and patriotism that might just do the trick to get your spirits up about exercising your civic duty. Directed by Jeffrey M. Revels, ROCK THE PRESIDENTS runs through November 13th, and no matter what the outcome next Tuesday, this silly, informative 55-minute musical will have you tapping your toes and thinking about the best that America has to offer.

Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP) presents Rock The Presidents now through November 13, 2016, just in time for election season. This production is presented by Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs and supporting sponsor Walt Disney World. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

This time last year, I met my friend Anthony Narciso. He was contracted to be the sound designer for Playhouse Creatures, a show that I was running sound for. We didn't know it at the time, but we were to become thick as thieves and become the best sound team there has ever been (okay, maybe we're a little biased). We share sound effects, projects, and ideas - a good mark of two sound designer best friends. We created a shared dropbox folder - and titled it Anthony and Cheyenne Sing Sound Shanty's. Probably the most important folder we have inside our sound shanty's is our sound dictionary. We've just been taking ordinary words and using them to define events and happenings that we find in the world of sound. For example, the first definition we came up with was for 'Smashed,' which is defined as 'the poor mixing of a track, only possible when patching a fisher price keyboard into a cassette tape recorder and mixed with low quality YouTube,' and this definition spawned from a show choir performance in which I received a terribly recorded track to play.

I'm sure everyone knows the challenges that come with designing any given show - there's the actual design, the communication of the design, the (most-likely) compromise of the design, public relations, paperwork, implementation of the design, dry tech, cue to cue, 10 out of 12, dress rehearsals, previews and then opening night. Can you imagine not being at the theatre to work on your show, not being able to talk to other designers in person, not being there to see or hear how your design was affecting the show? I can.

?Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP) presents Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (January 25 - February 21, 2016). This production is presented by Clear Channel Outdoor and supporting sponsor Walt Disney World.

Orlando Repertory Theatre (The REP) presents Click, Clack, BOO! A TrickyTreat (October 6 - November 9, 2014), based on the book by Doreen Cronin and Betsey Lewin, and adapted by James E. Grote with music and lyrics by George Howe. This production is presented by Orange County Arts and Cultural Affairs with supporting sponsor Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor, & Reed, P.A.