This past Friday I got very close to finishing the floor for “Putnam County.” This afternoon, I will finish the last few lines and free throw marks, and we can go ahead and seal it.
Yesterday, as more flats got built and primed in the shop, I forged ahead on planking out the gym floor for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” He’s a pic of it near the end of the day:
On Thursday, I plan to lay out and paint the basketball court lines, and then on Friday seal the whole thing.
Meanwhile, a box arrived in mail containing my complementary copies of the book Tracey and I wrote last year!
Shop stuff is happening! Here are some slightly blurry photos of ‘Putnam County’ construction activity!
Here, TA Katie works with Peyton and Grace on covering flats with muslin:
While two other students build flats:
Here’s Katie showing one of the Intro students how to use the band saw:
And Kolten and Peyton priming flats:
While this was happening, I was in the theatre spattering and then lining the floor:
This past Friday, student Mariah and I worked on basing the floor for “Putnam County.” We got much further than I expected, considering we had only an hour and a half. This afternoon, I expect to begin doing some lining, though I need to leave early to hit the trophy stores before they all close. . . .
Classes have resumed, though the shops don’t officially open until Monday. On the other hand, “Putnam County” has been in rehearsal for about two weeks already and I’m heading down to start painting the floor this afternoon.
Here is a photo of the paint elevation for one of the walls:
“Animal Farm” is also in rehearsals, since there is a semester long seminar attached to the production. I’m working up the groundplan this week, as well. Here’s a Sketchup model that roughs in all the basic spatial relationships:
And then a shot of the drafting table with the half-completed groundplan and preliminary sketch:
In the quiet between final exams and grading the final exams, finding time to work on paint elevations for “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
“Public Enemy” struck over the weekend, and the plates of drafting for “Putnam County” have been delivered to the TD — though I have to start in on paint elevations this week. Last week we started thinking about “Animal Farm,” and by the end of the production meeting, we’d begun to explore stadium style seating.
And I then worked up a rough 3D model:
This afternoon, the director, the publicist and I will have a meeting to talk about seating, ticket sales, and how many seats (if any) we can afford to lose.
I’m also plunging into the grading of the Intro to Theatre’s costume design project. It was in a neat stack on my office floor before I spread them out to show off the students’ work for this photo:
In the rush to get “Putnam County” drafted and begin preliminary work on “Animal Farm” I forgot to post pictures from the final dress rehearsal of “Public Enemy.” So, here they are.
Directed by Mary MacDonald Kerr. Set design by Eric Appleton. Lighting design by Aimee Hanyzewski. Costume design by Tracey Lyons. Sound design by student Emily Ottinger. Props manager student Allison Lozar. Stage manager student Abyra Schneeberg. Thanks for Josh Schmidt for working with Emily on developing her sound design.
Scenes One and Two: The Stockman home:
Scene Three: The newspaper office:
Scene Four; The Meeting Hall.
Scene Five: The Stockman home:
Some pictures from Saturday’s first dress rehearsal of “Public Enemy,” a modernized version of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People.” There are still things to be done on the set, but those will happen during Monday afternoon’s shop session (since we open Tuesday morning with our student matinee).
The top of the show:
Heading into the transition between scene one and two:
Scene three, the newspaper office:
We had first tech last night. It went pretty smoothly. On the other hand, there’s still a lot to be done.
Here’s a shot of guest director Mary MacDonald Kerr and guest lighting designer Aimee Hanyzewski with students at the tech table as we get the evening rolling.
And student stage manager Abrya walking the stage:
The set under worklights:
A final major element will be installed this afternoon. The timbers, which are all laying in the Hicklin theatre at the moment:
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With actors on the stage, the opening scene:
And my list at the end of the night:
