Some photos from yesterday’s shop session, as we continued working on the UW-Whitewater’s upcoming production of “Clybourne Park.” The set was designed by guest artist Keith Pitts. I’m just the painter on this one, though that’s still a chunk of time, and I’m supposed to be getting further along on my design for February’s “The Tender Land.”
In any event, the walls went up yesterday.
Images from last Friday’s shop session, as we continue work on the UW-Whitewater’s production of “Clybourne Park.”
Since the light hang has commenced and troubleshooting and focus are immanent, here TA Joe teaches two of the Intro to Theatre students how to bring up channels on the light board.
Intro student Austin staples together the framing on a flat. This one had to be redone — it faces the front of the staircase, but there was a discrepancy on how many stairs were in the staircase, which meant the top angle was wrong.
While I’ve been painting faux hardwood onto the deck, we are applying ripped plywood planks to the upstage platforms. Once they are all down, I will add glazing to make them match.
The deck itself is closer to completion. I have to grain and glaze the border, which will happen this afternoon. Then we can seal it and call it done.
Continued work on the UW Whitewater’s upcoming production of “Clybourne Park” (scenic design by guest artist Keith Pitts)! Here we have TA Thad looking at a drawing in order to get his fellow students started on building the piece!
The last of the major walls gets their green paint!
Some of TD Steve Chene’s drawings laying out for reference!
TA Joe works with Intro to Theatre students on hanging an upstage electric!
My project for the afternoon was finishing the graining of the downstage hardwood floor!
Here’s a close-up! Next stage; Glazing!
The light hang for UW Whitewater’s production of “Clybourn Park” began yesterday. Student Logan Bydalek is the lighting designer. Here are some Intro to Theatre students hanging lights. The first electric:
The 1A electric:
In the scene shop, the last of the wall flats have been primed and students begin applying base color. A note: when you come to shop in your nice clothes, you just might end up in a housedress with bags tied around your feet. . .
More construction photos from the upcoming UW-Whitewater production of “Clybourne Park.”
Here is Emily (an Intro to Theatre student), TA Allison, and one of the Theatre Appreciation students (whose name I cannot remember) laying out the border of the downstage floor area.
After they laid out the border, I went to work lining out the floor boards, as well as basing the border.
At the end of the day, all of the wall flats were covered and primed and stacked ready to get their base color. That will happen this afternoon.
Construction on the UW-Whitewater’s production of “Clybourne Park” continues.
Here we have Liliana cutting boards for flats, while Josiah base paints what will become baseboard and trim. They are both students in the Intro to Theatre course.
Here are more of the Intro students, assembling flats. . .
. . . and priming those flats.
I’m not sure what Therese and Josiah (yes, we have two Josiahs right now!) are working on, but here they are, working on it, as TA Joe responds to a question from off-camera.
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My projects for the afternoon included a base coat for the hardwood floor downstage, painted directly on the stage floor. . .
. . . and graining the planks that will be laid on the upstage platforming.
Some photos from the final dress rehearsal of the UW-Whitewater’s touring children’s show, “Nate the Dragon.” The set design was by student Thad Kraus, lighting design by student Joe Berman, props artisan was Alison Lozar, costume design by faculty member Tracey Lyons.
Preset. Since this was a new play by a local author, this rehearsal was taped, and there are cameras everywhere. . .
The opening. Eva the Beaver notices the audience.
Joey the Duck hatches, but can’t get out of his shell.
Nate the Dragon flies to Dragon Island but is intercepted by one of the emperor’s wasps.
The Dragon Isle side of the rotating back flats for “Nate the Dragon.” Originally, the central rock was supposed to be off on the left — when we laid this side out, we laid it out with the flats upright on stage, thinking that it would easier. None of us realized that when you rotate the flats, the images flip, so while the Treegrass Isle side was fine, the Dragon Isle side no longer matched up. Thad, the student set designer, panicked for a moment, and (since I couldn’t be at tech that evening) then set to work adjusting the image to work (this is his first academic set design). He did a fine job of sorting it out on his own.
Tonight was first dress rehearsal, and here’s the stage under worklights, set for the top. This is a traveling show, so we have a single performance on campus and then it gets loaded into a panel truck with all the costuming and driven around to area schools. Since we never know what the spaces will look like until we get there, the set has to be flexible enough to accommodate libraries and gymnasiums, as well as actual stages.
This is also the first show with puppets we have done. The puppet bodies were purchased, but faculty member Tracey Lyons designed the costumes for them.
A photo from dress rehearsal. Student Joe Berman is the lighting designer.
And Dragon Isle, during dress rehearsal.
Meanwhile, work begins on the next show, “Clybourne Park.” Here’s Intro student Tanner stapled scabs onto legs for the platforming. That show is being designed by guest designer Keith Pitts.
As focus continues in the Barnett (that’s student lighting designer Joe Berman over there to the left), working on scenery continues in the shop. Here’s student scenic designer Thad Kraus stopping for an overview of the Treegrass island flat.
As Intro student Matthew installs casters on the bottom of the flats.
And then, a bit later, Thad experiments with the shading of the dragon eggs on the wing masking flats.
Painting continues on “Nate the Dragon.” Here are two photos of student scenic designer Thad Kraus painting in the sky:
And this is where we left off at the end of shop today. There is still some work to be done on the mountains, and I’ve sent Thad back to do more research on water, since the image he adapted this piece from had some rather odd water.
Meanwhile, props artisan Allison Lozar works on dragon eggs.
TA Quinn works with two students on attaching jacks to the back of the bushes.
In the Barnett Theatre, student lighting designer Joe Berman focusses, using stand-in flats for scenery.
And finally, Steve, our TD, shows students how to mix a five gallon bucket of paint.
