Opening Night! and beyond...

After all the "drama" of the past few weeks, I am certain everyone is on the edge of the their seats waiting to hear how it all went!  Did the eggs hatch properly, how did those fish hats look, did the Mad Stage Director make it through the night without snapping on a noisy actor???  Well, all went so well, it was somewhat astonishing.  I think there was a minor glitch or two and, as always, I was fighting with the wing curtains. The wings get caught on big items during scene changes and move, and if they travel too far then the audience can see back stage, and no one wants THAT to happen.  It ruins the magic!!  And we backstage are all about the magic.  Kind of like Disney on a smaller stage.

So, I have here a few backstage photos- nothing too dramatic.  Mostly I want you to see the eggs, in all their ugly glory.  I, alas, do not have any photos of the fish hats, guess I have to take the camera with me tonight.

wiggly eggs

hatching

Ducklings

Here is the hatching sequence of the ducklings- so cute!

Olivia, stage crew hero

One of my stage crew slid out onto the stage to  move an egg shell so the back curtain could close completely.  She was sort of stuck out there for 10 minutes or so.  We slid her out of there at an opportune moment!  Back stage is much more action packed than one would think!  :)

 Different scenes from the play- you can see Mr. Donner playing during the performance.

froglets

Waiting for their curtain call!

I will update the blog with a few more pictures from tonight.

Until then, we will all try to be joy givers from the stage!  

More from HONK! the musical

Small children in the fish hats!

Beginning the makeup application job!  

Behind the scenes with Oscar and Olivia- stage hands

My big, bad stage crew!!  <3 Love!!!

The seniors with Mr. Donner

The Oswald girls rock!

Almost ready to go (updated)

Faithful helpers

I love this time of the year.  The melting snow, the fattening buds on the trees, the painting of the stage at school.  It is the harbinger of spring, of green and of the beginning of play week.  Play week is the most exhausting, tiring, exhilarating and satisfying event of the month of March- except maybe for being able to see the grass finally instead of snow!

Pond on the stage!

It was stage painting day today, and wow, holy blue floor, batman!  This was the first time we have ever painted the floor anything other than black.  Painting the stage floor is a soothing event- it covers any unsightly spills that have happened over the course of the past 6 weeks, it makes the stage look clean and pristine, and it gets everyone in the right frame of mind to do their best.  At least it is for me!

There were lots of volunteers to paint the floor and the dreaded giant, malformed eggs and paint they did- fueled by lots of carbonated beverages and a bit of chocolate.  I am soooo relieved to have everything almost done.  Tomorrow one student- the lovely Lisa- and I are going to paint the lily pads to complete the effect.  I know you're mad to know!  The rest will be revealed tomorrow!

Egg painters

So until next time- be a joy giver-- and let me sleep in!


And by the way, yes we DO have to repaint the stage black!  Wanna help??  I'll bring chocolate!

Post Script:

Pond with lily pads

Home for the froglets

The lily pads and one lovely water lily has been added to the pond on stage.  I makes for a pretty awesome effect, Lisa helped me put the final touches on this stage!  It was great to hang out with her for a while.

water lily