Spring One-Acts: Set Build #2!

Yesterday afternoon, the cast of The Spring One-Acts got ready to get down to work! We began by painting the cubes and bench for our set, making sure to “paint with the grain” as Dom, our Tech Director, had instructed us to do. We were really careful so that we would not get paint on ourselves, but that was inevitable. Meanwhile, the other half of the cast worked on making a platform for the stage managers. They began by creating a cage-like structure so that our stage managers can stand on it to give light cues during the show. Remember, the audience will experience the show by sitting onstage.

After eating pizza kindly provided by Mrs. Humes (thank you!), we began painting the cubby for our performance. After the platform was built, everyone painted it black. The time seemed to fly, for all our cast members had generously provided their iPhones to play music on the stereo. What a productive and fun Saturday!

by Jeff Erazo, '15

Spring One Acts: Set Build #1

In the video below, Max Miller shows us some of the things 

that happened at today's set build for the Spring One-Acts!

Set Build #2

This past Saturday, the cast of Anything Goes had their second set build.
Much of the day was spent constructing and sanding the three staircases used in the show.

Christiena Auguste, '14, shares a short video from the build.

First Set Build

Yesterday, the stage was full of drilling sounds. Max, Jordan, Katie, Thomas, the stage managers, Brandon and Grant started building some cool structures on the stage. Before we started building, the stage was empty and looked boring. However, everyone who was there spent their precious time on the stage working, and with their efforts and the empty stage started looking fabulous and exciting.


First, under Grant’s direction, we put three walls together and one on the top and drilled them to build a cabin. Then, we added three more to build a double cabin. The double cabin was cozy and comfortable. After building the double cabin, we added one staircase to each side so people can go top of the cabin. The cabin and staircases look incredible and enormous.


Everyone helped each other with building and cleaning up. We could not build the enormous constructions quickly without working together as a group. And, we were so proud of ourselves and excited to act on the stage with the great structures. Our first set build was a great and fun time for everyone.

by Michelle Chang, '15

Set Build #2

During the majority of the second set build, the cast and crew were making stones! Yes, making stones seems like grueling work right? Well, it was… but not in the way you would think. No, we didn’t have to drag rocks down from the mountain and carve them; instead we used blue foam and cut into them and made our own fake stones! Then they were painted the color of stone.
 

In the process, blue shavings were everywhere, which wasn’t the most enjoyable thing, but the theater program always finds a way to have fun no matter what!

by Cielo Magana, '15

Nails, Wood, and Power Tools!

As Berkshire students eagerly cheered for the home games that took place on campus this Saturday, a lot of work went unnoticed in Allen Theater. The cast of the fall production, “The Importance of Being Earnest,”spent most of the afternoon building the set for the show. Some cast members had never painted, used a power tool before, or have worked with wood.

However,they readily took the task upon themselves and built a platform, which now takes up most of the stage. It definitely was not as easy as it sounds; it took about six hours and lots of sweat! The end result is amazing. 

 

Mr. Howard, director of the play, commented on how “highly impressed” he was with the platform. Now that we have the platform ready, and another set-build on Saturday, the play is really starting to come together. It’s time to take it up a notch.

by Jeff Erazo, '15