Akeelah And The Bee
Akeelah And The Bee is a tour through the hip hop music of the 90s and early 2000s as the audience is pulled into and made a part of the community of 709.
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Credits
University of West Florida Mainstage Theatre
Director: Marci Duncan
Technical Director: Drake Miller
Stage Manager: Kaiya Stricklan
Sound Designer: Two Kearns
Set Designer: Constance R. Smith
Costume Designer: Kendall Dayton
Lighting Designer: Erin Casey
Properties Designer: Tayla Roberts
Sound Cue Sheet
| Cue Name/Description | Cue Line | Page Number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-1 | Preshow | N/A | N/A |
| Videos | Videos | N/A | N/A |
| 1 | Into Akeelah’s Bedroom | Top of Show | 1 |
| 2 | Gunshot/Sirens | After a Beat | 1 |
| 30 | At Morning Light | End of Previous Scene | 3 |
| 31 | Control Cue | Top of Scene | 3 |
| 40 | Drunk Willie’s Radio | Drunk Willie Turns on Radio; Visual Cue | 4 |
| 50 | Control Cue | Drunk Willie Adjust Radio; Visual Cue | 5 |
| 60 | JTs Music Starts Blasting | After Line:Ruth:“join my choir” | 6 |
| 70 | Control Cue | Visual Cue; 2 Beats After Ruth Holds Bad Up | 7 |
| 80 | Into Southside School | Beat Before Rachet Rhonda’s Entrance | 8 |
| 80.5 | Panning Rachet’s Rhonda’s Entrance | On Rachet Rhonda’s Entrance | 8 |
| 81 | Control Cue | Visual Clue by Rhonda | 8 |
| 90 | Into Southside School Spelling Bee A | End of Previous Scene | 9 |
| 92 | Control Cue | On Line:Principal:"…Settle down now" | 9 |
| 93 | Mic Feedback | On Visual Clue by Chucky | 9 |
| 140 | Scene transition | end of previous scene | 9 |
| 141 | Control Cue | top of scene | 14 |
| 180 | Into Akeelah’s Bedroom | End of Previous Scene | 18 |
| 181 | Dylan | Top of Scene | 18 |
| 210 | Intermission | At Point of Tech Note in Script Akeelah Turns Spelling Bee Up Louder | 21 |
| 211 | Into Dr. Larabee’s | End of Previous Scene | 21 |
| 212 | Control Cue | Top of Scene | 21 |
| 220 | Control Cue | On Line: Larabee: “Why isn’t your father still teaching you?” | 22 |
| 240 | Radio DJ Segment 1 | After Line:Akeelah:“case you didn’t know!” | 24 |
| 250 | Control Cue | Before Line: “Now you know you have no business still being up?” | 25 |
| 260 | Into District Spelling Bee | End of Previous Scene | 26 |
| 261 | Into District Spelling Bee B | Top of Scene | 26 |
| 270 | Intercon Alert | After Line:Akeelah:“Akeelah Anderson” | 27 |
| 271 | Baby | After Line:Javier:“like it sounds” | 27 |
| 272 | Intercon Alert | After Line:Reggie:“some stank-stank on it” | 27 |
| 273 | Baby | After Line:Judge:“Bee in Washington DC” | 27 |
| 301 | Time Passing Music | After Line:Pronouncer:“is abseil” | 30 |
| 302 | Control Cue | On Line:Pronouncer:“Number 1-0-8” | 30 |
| 300 | Baby | After Line:Akeelah:“me a definition please” | 30 |
| 310 | The Bell | After Line:Akeelah:“Synecdoche” | 31 |
| 350 | Later at 709 | End of Previous Scene | 35 |
| 351 | Control Cue | Top of Scene | 35 |
| 370 | Javier' Birthday Party | End of Previous Scene | 37 |
| 380 | Control Cue | top of scene | 38 |
| 440 | Post Party | End of Previous Scene | 44 |
| 450 | Control Cue on Post Party | Top of Scene At 709-Much Later | 45 |
| 451 | Control Cue | Top of Scene-Gangway Akeelah and Georgia | 45 |
| 480 | Into Larabee’s Gate | End of Previous Scene | 48 |
| 490 | Control Cue | top of scene | 49 |
| 500 | Into Larabee’s Study | End of Previous Scene | 50 |
| 501 | Control Cue | top of scene | 50 |
| 540 | Beat before Intermission | Visual Cue: Akeelah Pulls out Permisson Form | 54 |
| 541 | End of Act 1 | 54 | |
| 550 | Into Larabee’s Study | Beat before top of Act 2 | 55 |
| 551 | Control Cue | top of scene | 55 |
| 580 | Dog Bark | On Line:Akeelah:“E-F-uh” | 58 |
| 620 | Into At 709 Year/Atmosphere (Good) | End of Previous Scene | 62 |
| 621 | Control Cue | top of scene | 62 |
| 630 | Drunk Willie’s Radio | Visual Cue: Drunk Willie Turns Radio On | 63 |
| 631 | Control Cue | Dancing Starts | 63 |
| 632 | Control Cue | Before Line: You should’ve seen me and your daddy | 63 |
| 640 | Transition | End of Previous Scene | 64 |
| 641 | Control Cue | Top of Scene | 64 |
| 670 | Winter Transition | End of Previous Scene | 67 |
| 671 | Control Cue | top of scene | 67 |
| 680 | Radio DJ Segment 2 | After Line:Ruth:“so we can hear” | 68 |
| 700 | Into State Bee Auditorium | End of Previous scene | 70 |
| 701 | Start of State Bee | Beat after scene transition but before top of scene | 70 |
| 710 | The Bell | After Line:Air-Spelller:“Jacquard” | 71 |
| 711 | The Bell | After Line:Trish:“Pusillanimous!” | 71 |
| 760 | Into 709 Yard/ | End of Previous Scene | 76 |
| 761 | Control Cue | top of scene | 76 |
| 770 | Transition | End of Previous Scene | 77 |
| 771 | Control Cue | Top of Scene | 77 |
| 790 | Akeelah and Her Mom | End of Previous Scene | 79 |
| 791 | Control Cue | top of scene | 79 |
| 820 | Gunshots | After Line: No Mama…you don’t understand… | 82 |
| 840 | Into Porch Rail/709 Yard/Atmosphere (Good) | End of Previous Scene | 84 |
| 841 | Control Cue | top of scene | 84 |
| 860 | Time Passing Music | Gail turns around | 86 |
| 870 | Control Cue | Before Line: Georgia:“Teaching done really gone to her head” | 87 |
| 920 | Dance | On Line:Willie:“Aw, Baby” | 92 |
| 921 | Control Cue | End Of Scene | 92 |
| 922 | Control Cue | Top Of Scene | 92 |
| 930 | Into National Spelling Bee | End of Previous Scene | 93 |
| 931 | Nation Spelling Bee B | Top of Scene | 93 |
| 940 | Control Cue | 6 Count After Top of Scene | 94 |
| 970 | Time Passing Music | Visual Cue: Gail Turns Around | 97 |
| 971 | control cue | 97 | |
| 990 | The Bell | After Line:Horse:“Apterygote” | 99 |
| 991 | The Bell | After Line:Javier:“Mithridatism!” | 99 |
| 1010 | Intercon Alert | After Line:Akeelah:“Dylan?” | 101 |
| 1020 | The Bell | After Line:Akeelah:“Xanthosis” | 102 |
| 1021 | The Bell | After Line:Dylan:“Xanthosis” | 102 |
| 1030 | Time Passing Music | On Line: “Your word, young lady is “Effleurage”” | 103 |
| 1040 | Control Cue | After Line: Pronouncer: “That is correct” | 104 |
| 1060 | Celebration | On Line:" cowinners of the 2015" | 106 |
| 1061 | Curtain Call/House Exit | End of Show | N/A |
Sound Samples