Dracula
As much as I hate to admit it, we were down to the wire on this one. It’s the first show in my six years at Whitewater where we had a fair amount that had to get done the day of opening — at least it was almost all scenic elements above the actor’s heads and didn’t have too much of an impact on the tech and dress rehearsals. Jayson Winslow, the student set designer, didn’t have a chance to cue in the candles before yesterday afternoon, but since his overall look was already solid and the candles served more as accent, again, not horrible.
At the beginning of shop, yesterday afternoon, finishing up the central gable of the bed/crypt structure. That’s TD Steve Chene and one of the Intro to Theatre students, Sean.
Students work on wiring the canldes, as well as painting the theatre floor black and numbering the seats.
And at the end of the afternoon, the peaks are all in place and the candles are all wired. The units with the candles rotate, revealing statues for the crypt scene.
Smoke check, with ASM Nick.
Then finally, the whole shebang, done.