my husband is always
coming up with something interesting
for us to do.
sometimes i say 'yes.'
we have this great theatre company in town
called Triad Stage.
i really credit them
with turning around our downtown
about ten years ago.
they were the first SPARK.
there is a play running in the Pyrle Theater
just about every day or night of the year.
right now, it is the mystical Radiunt Abundunt,
written by Preston Lane,
co-founder & artistic director
of Triad Stage.
this weekend, they opened the doors
of their production facility,
so we got a backstage peek
at how they build sets, props, and costumes!
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| elephant courtesy of Around the World in 80 Days |
we took Joseph with us,
and some of these photos are his -
like this one.
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| dusty song selections |
just inside the front door,
you are greeted by a rainbow wall of fabric bolts.
very quickly,
we ran into Rich Whittington,
the managing director (and other co-founder)
of Triad Stage,
and he chatted with us a bit
about the current production.
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| essential bits-and-bobs, like hot water bottles & l'eggs pantyhose |
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| closet full of things that break |
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| in case you need a suckling pig |
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| swoon. hardware. |
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| dead faint. workshop. |
it was like a Goodwill gone wild.
a Goodwill with a weapons room.
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| just in case you need to blow up a boat while you escape in your life-preserver. |
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| or don't know which way to go. |
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| or really dig the color chartreuse. |
this one
just because
of the sun.
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| Joseph in a mirror |
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| wonder if they are as comfortable as they are groovy |
and, then, upstairs....
the costume makers!
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| My Fair Lady, on the right |
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| dang. this does not look good. |
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| royal row |
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| the collage to inspire Tassie's look from Radiunt Abundunt |
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| the 'primitive' art used in Radiunt Abundunt....plus a lunchbox & telephone to take with you on your journey. |
such clear memories of laying out fabric on the kitchen table,
pinning the paper-thin pattern strategically,
then using the pinking shears to crunch-crunch-crunch
cut carefully along the lines.
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| pure ecstasy...if you're into this kind of thing. |
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| hat maker / wig maker |
~ and on the other side ~
where there are humans,
there is creation.
