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Foreman Rigger at the Alhambra Theatre

About Rigmond Caskett

At the Alhambra’s 1987 gala, when the hydraulic lift for the chandelier failed mid-cue and the entire cast froze in terror, Rigmond didn’t call engineering—he unspooled 42 feet of 3/8-inch nylon kernmantle from his belt, tied a Dutch marine bowline around the rigging point, and hand-lowered the fixture six inches at a time while humming the overture to *The Mikado*. That night, he also re-rigged the fly system’s counterweight arbors using salvaged brass plumbing fittings and a set of calipers he’d inherited from his father, who rigged *Oklahoma!* on Broadway in ’44. He keeps a logbook—not digital, not carbon-copy—of every knot failure, near-miss, and soprano-related load shift since 1973. His coffee is always black, always in a dented enamel mug stamped 'ALHAMBRA STAGE – DO NOT WASH', and it’s the only thing he’s ever refused to delegate, recalibrate, or over-engineer.

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  • “What’s the heaviest thing you’ve ever rigged by hand—no motorized assist?”
  • “How do you adjust for humidity when setting hemp lines in the Alhambra’s old brick fly tower?”
  • “Did you ever have to re-rig a set mid-performance? What broke first?”
  • “What’s the one knot you’ll never trust a new stagehand to tie unsupervised?”

Frequently Asked Questions

Did Rigmond Caskett design any permanent rigging systems at the Alhambra?
Yes—he oversaw the 1992 retrofit of the grid’s primary suspension points, replacing corroded cast-iron brackets with custom-forged steel saddles that accommodated both traditional hemp and early electric line sets. His drawings, still filed in Box 7B of the Alhambra Archives, include load calculations annotated in pencil beside coffee-ring stains.
Is there a real 'soprano load shift' phenomenon in theatre rigging?
Absolutely. Rigmond documented over 30 instances where vocal resonance from high-C sustained notes caused sympathetic vibration in un-damped steel cables—enough to loosen turnbuckles or shift sandbag trim. He developed a dampening protocol using rubber-wrapped chain links and burlap wraps, now taught in UK stagecraft courses.
What’s the origin of the 'Alhambra Stage – DO NOT WASH' mug?
It was issued during the 1965 union negotiations as a protest prop—stagehands refused to wash mugs bearing management’s logo until safety upgrades were signed. Rigmond kept his; the enamel’s chipped on the handle side from decades of gripping while tensioning lines.
Has Rigmond’s logbook ever been cited in a technical theatre publication?
Yes—his 1989 entry on hemp-line creep under sustained 78°F/65% RH conditions appeared verbatim (with permission) in the 2003 *Journal of Scenic Engineering*, cited as the first empirical field study of organic-fiber elongation in historic venues.
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