Archive for July, 2016

Yankee Tavern

Posted in General Production, Scenic Design on July 19th, 2016 by Eric Appleton

Last night was final dress of “Yankee Tavern.” Here are a few photos:

Yankee Tavern

Posted in General Production, Scenic Design on July 13th, 2016 by Eric Appleton

We’re heading into tech for Yankee Tavern later this week, and things are moving along. Our TD Steve and the students got the bar in place yesterday, so I spent this morning working on dressing it:

One of my activities yesterday was creating floral arrangements for the wake:

The Tangled Skirt and Yankee Tavern

Posted in General Production, Scenic Design, Scenic Painting on July 5th, 2016 by Eric Appleton

I never did get a picture of the finished “The Tangled Skirt” up last week, and now it’s closed and we’re in the middle of getting “Yankee Tavern” built. So here are two photos from “The Tangled Skirt’s” final dress rehearsal. First, the set in preset:

And then with actors Morgan Gorman and Ben Treinen on stage:

It’s a smaller shop crew during the summer, but even so, things are going swiftly, and today I painted a lot of walls and made a dent on the floor. The floor, with it’s base linear scumble:

And then with the first graining:

In the shop, TD Steve Chene and Mason work on the bar and the door:

And Emily reestablishes the mortar lines on our brick walls: