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Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Picnic Cast & Crew Readies for Tech
The set for Picnic under construction.
The technical director, Christian Young, checks something off a list.
The crew have cut out two seats from the house right seating area in order to make a door for Mrs. Potts's house.
Nick & Scout explain to Julie how scrollers (a fixture attached to the front of lighting instruments that has color scroll through at the lighting designer's choice) get power from that little black box.
Nick attaches a scroller.
Nick prepares to attach another scroller with help from Julie.
Photo taken on Wednesday.
Scout coils cable.
Jenny the carpenter nails in shingles as Christian the technical director rigs some wires.
Rich Whittington, our Managing Director, conducts the company meeting we had earlier this week.
Julie, Jenny, and Kalyn listen at the company meeting.
Then they listen to people introduce themselves.
Beth Ritson as Flo Owens in Picnic.
Meg Steedle tries to dodge explaining what getting romantic means to her mom played by Beth Ritson.
Preston watches as Lorraine (Mrs. Potts) consoles herself with a pair of boots.
Meredith Riggans spreads "dirt" made from glue and sawdust on the stage floor.
Amy Da Luz plays Rosemary Sydney.
Chatting about Greensboro history before rehearsal begins.
Amy Da Luz, Matthew Carlson, and Cheryl Koski listen to Preston recount part of the violent history of Greensboro.
The marketing staff interviews Meg Steedle (and others) on video for our forthcoming website addition.
The technical director, Christian Young, checks something off a list.
The crew have cut out two seats from the house right seating area in order to make a door for Mrs. Potts's house. 
Nick & Scout explain to Julie how scrollers (a fixture attached to the front of lighting instruments that has color scroll through at the lighting designer's choice) get power from that little black box.Nick attaches a scroller.Nick prepares to attach another scroller with help from Julie.
Photo taken on Wednesday.
Scout coils cable.
Jenny the carpenter nails in shingles as Christian the technical director rigs some wires.
Rich Whittington, our Managing Director, conducts the company meeting we had earlier this week.
Julie, Jenny, and Kalyn listen at the company meeting.
Then they listen to people introduce themselves.
Beth Ritson as Flo Owens in Picnic.
Meg Steedle tries to dodge explaining what getting romantic means to her mom played by Beth Ritson.
Preston watches as Lorraine (Mrs. Potts) consoles herself with a pair of boots.
Meredith Riggans spreads "dirt" made from glue and sawdust on the stage floor.
Amy Da Luz plays Rosemary Sydney.
Chatting about Greensboro history before rehearsal begins.Amy Da Luz, Matthew Carlson, and Cheryl Koski listen to Preston recount part of the violent history of Greensboro.The marketing staff interviews Meg Steedle (and others) on video for our forthcoming website addition.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Picnic Build & Rehearsals
The load-in and build for Picnic has begun. Here you can see the groundplan and carpenters working.
Source 4's at the ready.
Master Electrician Nick Hussong handling pipe.
This is a pile of sod--which will be laid down between the two houses.
During the same day, someone kindly donated a couple dozen old shoes to our costume shop and our Production Manager, Christy Wright, inspects the goods.
And then the costume ladies descend... Kelsey, Sasha, Kate, & Ms. Cassstevens.
Matthew Carlson & Joe Tippett go over their scene with Preston Lane.
Joe Tippett & Matthew Carlson.
On a break from rehearsal, Matthew, Preston and Joe discuss how the 1970s produced the greatest films of American cinema.
Meg Steedle resting on the fence post during a break from rehearsal.
Meg Steedle
Chris Morris, dialect coach, watches rehearsal.
Cheryl Koski resting on the fence post during rehearsal.
Chris Morris sits as Emily Mark and Joby Strachan anticipate their entrances as school teachers.
Meg Steedle, and Cheryl Koski (who play the sisters Madge & Millie) rehearse as Beth Ritson readies for her entrance as their mother, Flo, before most of them go to the picnic.Monday, August 17, 2009
Picnic Rehearsals Begin
On the first day of rehearsal for William Inge's Picnic, Preston explains a couple important features of the set designed by Howard Jones.
This is the second time in Triad Stage's history that we have produced a William Inge play. (The first being Bus Stop back in the fall of 2004.)
Kelsey Hunt, the costume designer, explains the overall neutral color palatte and the reasoning behind her choice.
Here is a sample of one of her renderings AND to see more you should go to the"Closer Look" page on our website.
Cheryl Koski (playing Millie) and Beth Ritson (playing her mother, Flo) react to questions about the script during tablework.
Amy Da Luz (playing Rosemary) and Jim Crawford (playing Howard) listen to Preston explain his thoughts on their tenuous relationship.
Phillip Eggers (playing Bomber) and Cheryl Koski (playing Millie) listen to others read during tablework.
Matthew Carlson (playing Alan) and Emily Mark (playing Christine Schoenwalder) listen to others read, as well.
Joe Tippett (playing Hal) and Megh Steedle (playing Madge).
Preston on Inge: "I found in his work an authentic regional voice, a writer who places his work firmly in a specific context but reaches far beyond his small corner of Kansas toward the universal and the true."
Various pieces of Picnic on the rehearsal table including the model, an old playbill from a Picnic revival, the definitive Inge biography by Ralph Voss.
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