UW Whitewater Theatre/Dance Department

Tech director Steve Chene happy with his work, as he and the students start putting up walls this afternoon.

Later in the afternoon, with more walls up. Focus begins tomorrow.

Student Kelsy Smith cuts out windows.

Student scenic designer Keenan Minogue works on the drinks cart.

My paint project this week. These are the two garden flats that appear beyond windows upstage. When these are done, there are two city flats which also appear beyond the windows. They are currently sitting in the black box theatre, traced out, waiting for me to get to them.

A slightly blurry shot of students hanging an electric. It’s sidearm madness.

Students in the shop working on the fridge and routering trim.

Student designer Keenan Minogue laying down his base color.

And finally, student Shakeva Oliver works with me on painting the two garden flats, which will be visible at times through the upstage windows.

Student designer Keenan Minogue continues painting on his design fror “The Drowsy Chaperone.” The dragon will be cut out and mounted on another surface.

Student designer Keenan Minogue working on drops with other students for his design of “The Drowsy Chaperone.”

Student Allison Hetz base painting walls.

And more students laying out walls in the shop.

Design displays of two Whitewater students, Claire Kinder and Tiffany Tresemer, who both were named finalists in the make-up design division. They both received honorable mention (second place). And kudos as well to Tracey Lyons, who teaches our make-up class.

This is picture of virtually the whole Whitewater contingent in the elevator after it was announced that Marcus Cunningham was a finalist in the Irene Ryan acting competition. Marcus was the very first Whitewater student to ever make the finals. He’s over on the right hand side in a tie facing away from the camera…

And finally, a group of the students getting ready to watch the ten-minute plays, in which a number of our students were cast. One of the best things about this year’s group was how they supported each other throughout, regardless of whether their own efforts moved up the ladder.

Base coats on the platforming for “Love’s Labour’s Lost.”   Circuiting is happening at the same time, so that’s freshman Jake Taylor standing there with his lighting stick.   I’m glad he waited until the paint was dry.  The collage painting on the stage floor is left over from this past summer’s “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” designed by student Keenan Minogue.

In an earlier post, I mentioned that we were going to go with carpet, and I changed the rendering to reflect these textures.  Sadly, the budget won’t allow it, so we’re back to paint.

The final project for the scenic portion of Introduction to Theatrical Design was due yesterday, and here are some of the projects on the bulletin boards outside the classroom.  Students chose to work on one of these three plays:  “The Weir,” “The Holy Rosenbergs,” and Wole Soyinka’s version of “The Bacchae.”

The stage of “Spirits to Enforce” fully set up for the second tech rehearsal.  Scenic design by student Keenan Minogue, directed by Angela Iannone.

The set for “Spirits to Enforce” progresses.  By the end of the afternoon, student scenic designer Keenan Minogue will have dealt with his floor treatment and be ready for first tech, this evening.  Standing on stage at the table is student lighting designer Lexie Strullmyer, cutting gel for some of the set mounts.

Heading into dry tech.  Student lighting designer Lexie Strullmyer, writing cues from the tech table in the back of the house somewhere.  Actors from the show onstage as bodies.  Student scenic designer Keenan Minogue upcenter painting the center shelving structure.  Barely visible above is the partially completed conning tower.

Start of the shop day.  Back of the set, and the front of the set — so far.  That’s student scenic designer Keenan Minogue walking across the stage in the lower photo.  Tech begins this week!