UW Whitewater Theatre/Dance Department

Working up arrangements for the two central pivoting units for our upcoming steampunk Romeo and Juliet.

Finished working up the houses for “Into the Woods:”

And here they are in the space:

A further push on “Into the Woods,” figuring out the railings, platform bracing, what boughs go where, etcetera. Above is a picture of it freestanding on the groundplan. Below is the model loaded into the Barnett, with masking yet to come.

I think I’ve finished working out the upstage line of platforms. . .

One of my winter break projects is to get all of Woods drafted and into Steve’s (our TD) hands so building can commence on day one of the semester. Even after figuring out the structure, there’re still all the other bits and bobs to lay out — like the houses. And the giant. And Milky White. With all the bracing under the platforming, I found it was much easier to just build it all in Sketchup rather than attempt to draft it, especially with all the angles and parts that overlap other parts.

Having gotten the framing structures and the platforming drafted, I’m working up the 3D model. Here are a number of the separate standing units. When I get them all drawn, I will assemble the whole thing like a bunch of tinkertoys.

Halfway through finals weeks, and taking a break from drafting “Into the Woods” to take some of that drafted information and begin the 3D model.

The last of the essays have been graded, and the Intro to Theatre final has been written. Back to the drafting table to start laying out the frames!

The finished groundplan, with the elevation hanging above on the bulletin board. Now, onto grading papers!

In between end-of-the-semester grading, back to working up the groundplan.