So yeah I paint and jigsaw sets – and the occasional piece of giant cutlery. The Young Performers Theater productions are all in the Odess Theater, Allen Memorial Hall. The Sitka Fine Arts Camp Musical Theater Camp productions are at Sitka’s Performing Arts Center.
Wizard of Oz by the Young Performers Theater, Spring 2016
Young Performers Theater Wizard of Oz. Photos by Christine Davenport.
The Emerald City – 16 feet wide, Pete Weiland engineered sets with 8-foot-wide “pages” that turn.
The Wicked Witch of the West home, also 16 feet across, two pages that turn.
The gate for Oz.
The Yellow Brick Road pages! Yellow bricks by Jennifer Carter
Wizard of Oz. The house is on casters, and has the house interior on the other side, complete with wall paper.
Peter Pan by the Young Performers Theater, Fall 2015
A “table” and a “barrel” for Young Performers Theater production of Peter Pan. Below: the house the Lost Boys built for Wendy
Guys and Dolls by the Sitka Fine Arts Camp Musical Theater Camp, Summer 2016
Broadway, the set of Guys and Dolls by the Sitka Fine Arts Camp Musical Theater Camp. These signs are lit from behind, thanks to the tech crew at the Sitka Performing Arts Center. I laid out and made the signs from plywood, using hole saws and jigsaw to make them look in perspective (they are all parallel with the stage). J Bradley and his team stretched white fabric on the backs and cleverly aimed lights, and figured out how to “fly” them so they stayed flat.
Beauty and the Beast, by the Sitka Fine Arts Camp Musical Theater Camp, Summer 2015
Nice silverware
Beauty and the Beast: I painted according to models the pillars and trees (trees on one side, columns on the other!)
Robin Hood by the Young Performers Theater, Fall 2016
This was a real collaboration – the director found a picture and projected it onto the backdrop, where I stylized it into a “paint by number” for our volunteers. It was fun, and surprising! we also recycled and repurposed things from previous shows.
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