{"id":3360,"date":"2020-02-26T21:18:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/appletoneric\/?p=3360"},"modified":"2020-02-26T21:18:33","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T21:18:33","slug":"the-addams-family-musical-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/appletoneric\/2020\/02\/26\/the-addams-family-musical-7\/","title":{"rendered":"The Addams Family Musical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, &#8220;The Addams Family Musical&#8221; opened yesterday, first with the well-attended student matinee, and then the well-attended evening performance.  The afternoon was spent working on the set, as I had fallen ill the previous week and a number of things had be abandoned or re-addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I designed scenery.  Lighting was by student Nick Sole.  Costumes by Tracey Lyons.  Props by Siena LoMastro and Jamie Love.  Sound designed by Hans Pregler.  Music Direction by Dr. Bob Gehrenbeck.  Stage manager, Alex Carey.  TD., Ruth Conrad-Proulx.  My assistant was Abby Lezama-Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To start off with, here&#8217;s stage manager Alex heading to the tech table at Sunday&#8217;s dress rehearsal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"54kV2de\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/54kV2de\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A pic from the run.  Pugsley and Wednesday in the playroom.  The ancestors have brought along happy singing birds and butterflies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"GaoDSt3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/GaoDSt3\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s love interest and family arrive, surrounded by ancestors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"uMnGCYb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/uMnGCYb\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A close-up of the love interest&#8217;s family with Lurch in front of a family portrait:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"UzsQhaq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/UzsQhaq\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What with illness and the set&#8217;s state of completion, I didn&#8217;t get much in the way of photos at the final dress.  Here, though, is a pic of the stage under worklights this afternoon, with the banquet table set up (the yellow stanchions are there to prevent folks from falling into the pit during the day. . . .)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"aNYzF85\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/aNYzF85\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Issues still arise, though.  Here&#8217;s Megan from earlier today putting some beefier casters on Pugsley&#8217;s bed unit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"SNsMA57\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/SNsMA57\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few detail images.  First, one of the gravestones.  Stage management requested that they be part of the joke, so this one conflates Alex&#8217;s and Megan&#8217;s names:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"RcY9zvC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/RcY9zvC\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A close up of the foliage side of one of the flip panels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"L229B6j\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/L229B6j\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior side of one of the periaktoi (the sconces were one of the things that had to get cut.  Sigh.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"1y16P9b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/1y16P9b\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The exterior side of one of the periaktoi.  In my rush to get them done Tuesday afternoon, I made the shutters too long.  On the other hand, since the flat frame wasn&#8217;t built with members to support the exterior elements the window sill ended up on top of the bottom of the window, which left a gap in which to slide the shutters. . . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"yTj2Fh6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/yTj2Fh6\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And then a tour of the backstage, taking photos of elements in the half-light.   The students in the technical direction class were each assigned projects on the show.  Abby engineered and built the rack:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"xM581xC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/xM581xC\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"R1rmGso\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/R1rmGso\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alden did the portrait wagon (with frame):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"vlb9Www\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/vlb9Www\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle did Pugsley&#8217;s bed unit.  It&#8217;s on it&#8217;s back in this image since Megan was replacing the casters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"VI9Ibhb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/VI9Ibhb\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I painted the signs that hang above Pugsley&#8217;s bed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"oSsugYB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/oSsugYB\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I engineered the heretic chair, and then Abby finished it off with panels and paint:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"t5sxkQh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/t5sxkQh\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, Grandma&#8217;s poison cart, a repurposed drinks trolley that Jamie and Siena filled with stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-imgur wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"QrN9uvD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/QrN9uvD\">View post on imgur.com<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And now, it&#8217;s time to start working on Miss Lulu Betts while the costume shop gears up for Dancescapes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, &#8220;The Addams Family Musical&#8221; opened yesterday, first with the well-attended student matinee, and then the well-attended evening performance. The afternoon was spent working on the set, as I had fallen ill the previous week and a number of things had be abandoned or re-addressed. I designed scenery. Lighting was by student Nick Sole. 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