The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
It’s first tech for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee!” Yesterday afternoon, we made the push to get the walls up for today. It was a busy day.
The Barnett Theatre as it looked at the beginning of the shop session:
A stack of flats awaiting either finish painting or being put up:
Here are the last two flats to receive cinderblock treatment. I was in a race against time, needing to get them done and dry before the construction team needed them.
Speaking of construction, here is TD Ruth working with students on raising the fake stage’s proscenium arch:
Student Mariah, in the shop, painting trim:
And TA Nathan working with student Alex on framing up and skinning the last two doors:
Back to the stage, where the walls I just painted are put into place:
ME Quinn and student Sam (who is a whiz at the Gio) finish patching the show:
All of which means that at the end of Friday, the stage looks like this:
Yes, there are wrinkles. Yes, the doors and trim need to be installed. Yes, the header above the proscenium needs to go up. . . yes, yes, yes. But, we’re ready with almost everything the actors will need for tech. And here we are, sitting in preset (guest lighting designer David Gipson) waiting to get rolling this morning:
And a little before that, student light board operator Cassie watches student stage manager Emily confer with sound:
An early moment of the show:
And a later moment of the show, looking at the stage over David’s shoulder:
