Posters, and cast changes, and construction! Oh my!

It's been a while since my last post, but don't let my lack of blog activity fool you into thinking that things have been uneventful!

I suppose one of the things I'm most excited about is the fact that we got our final poster design!

I am so incredibly happy with the design and I can not wait to get the posters printed! I'm going tomorrow morning to meet with Ken Sims, of Litho-Craft, to approve a sample of the printed poster. After that, he will be doing our printing for us, and we should have our posters soon! Then we can get started putting them up around town! I've already had a few local business owners offer to let us hang posters after they've heard about the show, so I'm really happy about that! Lucas and I also spoke with Mayor Roddy Harrison last week and he has offered to help us get the word out! I'm really expecting that by the time we open, we will have a good turn out.

We have had one big change to the show. Unfortunately, Zack White had to step down from his role. However, Kyle Nantz, a WCHS Drama Alumni and 2012 EKDAS Festival 'Best Actor' award winner, has graciously agreed to accept the part, and we are thrilled to have him on board!

The rehearsal process has been going well. We have completed blocking for the show, and have since done a run of Act 1, a run of Act 2, and one full run. The next two weeks, we'll be looking at smaller sections of the show and fine-tuning everything. After that, we'll just have one more week to work before tech week!

I've been so happy with how well things have started coming together. Granted, we've had a few hiccups in the process, but overall, I'm quite pleased, and I think we're going to have a great show.

As Lucas mentioned in the previous post on here, we've been making a lot of progress with the set. We've gone to several different Vendors Malls and secondhand stores and have found a lot of really cool things. Also, we've had several organizations and individuals donate or loan us materials, set pieces or props.

We found a couple of these awesome carbide lights! 

One of the hats I've been loaned!

I absolutely fell in love with this stove! But then I saw the price.

These were donated. Just need new tops and bases!

Table and chairs have been loaned!

WD Bryant donated lumber and luan for our set.

Bryant's gave us as much scrap lumber as we needed!

Ronnie Partin, sawing boards down to 2x4s.

Randall Partin, cutting the 2x8s down.

Me, helping saw!

Lumber before

And after! A beautiful stack of 2x4s!

Hopefully, now that we have most of our materials, we'll be able to start constructing some of our bigger set pieces. My goal for this week is to complete our wall frame units and braces. Next week, we'll tackle the tree.

Also, we've been in contact with several different people in the community and I believe we now have almost all of our technicians for the show! We're continuing to have people volunteer to do one thing or another for the show. I have been so completely overwhelmed by the community response. We still need a few volunteers to help with things like concessions, tickets, and ushering, but I'm confident that we'll find people for the jobs! And if you're reading this right now thinking, "Hey, that sounds pretty cool. I think I could do that!" then please let me know! We would love to have you on board! Also, any help getting the word out about our show and our theatre program is always appreciated!

So we've gotten lots done, but we still have lots left to do! Keep an eye out, because there will be much more to come later!