Radium Girls, Puppets, and Design Class
Yesterday, Milwaukee scenic and costume designer, as well as puppet designer and builder, Brandon Kirkham visited our Intro to Design class and brought a bunch of stuff to share, including his model and research from the production of “Boeing Boeing” we worked on together last summer. Here he is talking to the students:
He was so inspiring one of the students is now considering shifting her BFA emphasis to scenic design. Thank you, Brandon!
This morning the second half of the puppet workshop with Dan Katula takes place. Here the students pose with the puppets they worked on last week:
And Dan then gets the session rolling. Today will be less about fabrication than about manipulating the puppets.
And finally, some boring photos. “Radium Girls” is deep into rehearsal, and since the set is fairly stripped down and simplified (both to serve the play, and to allow us to take it apart, store it, and then put it back together while the Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival descends upon us in two weeks), I’m actually getting to work on “Sweeney Todd.” We’ll start the paintwork of “Radium Girls” next week; everything in the photos is only base coated.
The rolling factory table, multi-purpose table, and reclining bench:
More benches:
And the platforming:
