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Paper Tech

2/20/2024

Big thank you to Meryl, stage manager extraordinaire, for essentially doing all the rest of paper tech for all crews!

What is paper tech? This is a meeting where the director, designers, and stage manager go through the show page by page to place cues and talk through the technical aspects of the show. Here's an example from the end of Scene 5:

Track 12 Ends
LQ31 - blackout
XQ11 - greys close, set to portrait hall
XQ12 - Actors pre-set with frames
LQ32 - Inside Look 2
LQ33 - Smalls on Morticia and Alice

Translation: As soon as Fester is done singing "But Love Reprise 1" at the end of Scene 5, stage lights are turned off and the grey curtains close. Stage crew sets the scene for the portrait hall, including giving picture frames to the actors who take their place on stage in the dark. The lights go up with a particular mood called "Inside Look 2" with the small spotlight (nicknamed Smalls to differentiate it from our big spotlight called Biggie) following the actors portraying Morticia and Alice.

Paper tech is tedious and takes forever, but is crucial to a smoothly running production.

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Set Punch List

2/17/2024

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We could really use some help finishing up the set. If you can help during any after school rehearsal, during dress rehearsal on Feb. 25th (11:00-4:00), or during our last set construction on Mar. 2nd (11:00-3:00), we'd really appreciate it!

Crafts

Rig Gary the Rat to cross the stage (Scene 5) – fishing reel from HPR with line attached to binder clip
Replace blue crystals on chalice with red
Make 15-20 flying birds on sticks (Scene 3)
Make ankle restraints for rack – slit two cardboard tubes, cover with rope
Attach labels for Acrimonium and other bottles
Gorilla putty Pugsley’s bedside table (Scene 14) – single candle, TNT, tools
Gorilla Putty the Dining Table (3 burgundy tablecloths, 7 black chair covers on folding chairs, 2 candelabra with candles and remotes, 9 black plates)
Laminate crew signs (Curtain Call)
Make tissue paper desserts (Scene 10)
Make a yellow sash for Alice’s mic belt
Hang tools off Pugsley’s mic belt
Add gorilla putty to arrow to stick to apple

Construction / Painting

Interior walls (stencil brocade, add library wallpaper, add frames, hang portraits)
Exterior Walls (add door and two windows, stencil stones)
Mausoleum (stencil stones, add curtain rod and curtain, paint Addams family name and motto)

Re-strap risers – add more straps, if needed
Staple black fabric to risers and front of stage
Paint gravestones: add engravings and ivy
Paint to add depth to tree bark (browns, moss green)
Paint spiderweb on Pugsley's bed
Paint risers black

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No Set Construction on Saturday, Feb. 24th

2/14/2024

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So the reason there's no set construction on Saturday, Feb. 24th, is that I'll be in Boston for my daughter's performance in the play These Shining Lives.

Because I'm very proud of her -- and because it wasn't that long ago that she was sitting in the BCMS auditorium for rehearsal just like you -- here's Sammie (far right, in glasses) in the BC Applause production of Mary Poppins in March 2019 when she was in 8th grade:

...and here she is last fall as a freshman at Boston College in the musical, RENT (far left, in glasses).

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Construction Update

2/10/2024

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Thank you to Mr. John, Penelope, Liu, Jonas, Jonas' mom Jennie and sister Mila, Yael, Yael's sister Tif, and Javi for helping out at set construction today! We got a lot done.

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