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!
And of course, one has to take into consideration the seating. I discovered that I hadn’t allowed enough clearance for the first row on house left and things had to shift accordingly. This version also has the forest green fabric upstage and the sepia-motized botanical prints. The surfaces of the discs will NOT be carpeted — they’ll be painted with color and texture similar to what is in the image, with stylized leaf borders around their perimeters.
Construction on “Spirits to Enforce” continues. The rusted sheathing and I-Beam ribs are up. The students on the ladders are working on the conning tower. Scenic design by student Keenan Minogue. Tech Director, Steve Chene.
Students in the costume shop working on costume for Aladdin, designed by student Julia Boarini. Costume Shop Supervisor, Tracey Lyons.
Progress on the set of “Spirits to Enforce.” Set design by student Keenan Minogue. Steve Chene, tech director. The white screen is not part of the set, but since Steve uses it for his World of the Arts and Theatre Appreciation classes, it needs to come and go.
In the scene shop. Student scenic designer Keenan Minogue painting the rusty ribs of the submarine for “Spirits to Enforce.”
The revised “Aladdin” set, in palace configuration, with throne.
Working up the scale model of the throne for “Aladdin.”
Some shop photos as “Spirits to Enforce” progresses (tech begins Thursday next week). Scenic design and all scenic painting thus far by student Keenan Minogue. Steve Chene, technical director. Much of the labor for UW-Whitewater productions is drawn from shop hours required for the Introduction to Theatre course.
Continued progress on Love’s Labour’s Lost. The stream, which has become a still pool, has been added, and we’re approaching a good placement of botanical prints — I’m sure there will be tweaking. The next step will be to select painted garden images from the 1880’s — most likely Impressionist work — for the upstage panels.