The Tender Land
Yesterday’s happenings around the upcoming UW-Whitewater’s production of “The Tender Land.”
My project for the afternoon was to begin the transfer of the images from the paint elevations to the actual flats, blowing them up from 1/2″ scale to, well, real scale.
Stage left. . .
. . . and stage right.
In the shop, we’ve got TD Steve Chene working with TA Quinn on the shed door. . .
. . . Intro student Lilliana picking up freshly primed porch planks . . .
. . . TA Logan showing Intro student Shelby which staples she should load into the pneumatic stapler. . .
. . . and then Logan and Shelby a bit later, figuring out the facing for the upstage walk way.
That evening, rehearsal featured a stumble-through of the blocked sections of the play, primarily so the lighting designer (who is also Steve, our TD) could get a better sense of flow. I’ll be using his plot later this week for the lighting portion of the Intro to Tech class. Here’s Jim Butchart, the director, doing some directing from the back of the house.
We had just gotten to the start of the second act, and pretty much the entire cast is on stage for the party and dinner scene.
Finally, our stage management team for this production. Alison, Colton, and Emily.
