The Revere Players attract crowds twice a year to its performances of people working hard, performing under the spotlights, which require students, typically obscured from view, to operate them. The tech crew, as the name suggests, oversees the technical aspects of the auditorium during plays, rehearsals, and other events, allowing performances to occur effectively and without disruptions.

The tech crew members operating the performances’ lighting and sound work backstage and in the tech booth, an elevated room in the rear of the auditorium.

Junior Jason Choy, who joined the tech crew for 2013’s spring musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, summarized the tech crew’s duties.

“We make sure that lighting works and that actors can be heard from anywhere in the auditorium,” Choy said.

Revere Director of Bands and Auditorium Supervisor, Darren LeBeau, who teaches the members how to operate the equipment, explained the process through which new members join and train.

“We have classes and teach them about the booth, where sounds and lights are controlled, and the parts of the auditorium. I gave them a test, and we take those who performed best on it and got teacher recommendations,” LeBeau said.

After the initial training, the members must work independently, mostly without the help of advisers, diagnosing and correcting technical difficulties without guidance.

“If there is a problem, they have to figure it out,” LeBeau said.

Choy listed some of the positions in the control booth and the responsibilities of each position.

“The lightboard turns lights on and off. There are two spotlight operators. The person who does soundboard checks the mics and if they are working or not,” Choy said.

Junior Ramia Mascioli, who joined the tech crew for this year’s spring musical The Sound of Music, explained her motivation for joining.

“I wanted to help out with the [musical] and tech booth sounded the most fun. I really like everyone up here in the booth,” Mascioli said.

Junior Andrew Kosich, who has participated in the tech crew for Hamlet and Alice and Wonderland, explained why he enjoys the tech crew.

“It is a fun group to be involved with, [offering the opportunity] to create a memorable performance for an audience and practicing problem solving techniques,” Kosich said.

LeBeau stressed the tech crew’s role of the management of the auditorium and its importance to events’ functioning.

Some events in the auditorium run by outside agencies offer tech crew members payment for their services.

From 14 through 17 of April, the Revere Players performed The Sound of Music, and the tech crew, consisting of Lexi Abou-Ghalioum, Steven Banis, Jason Choy, Ramia Mascioli, Troy Pierson and Liam Smartt, contributed by operating the lighting and coordinating the sounds of the musical’s well-known numbers, performed in a sold-out auditorium during the Friday, Saturday and Sunday performances.