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This show was produced by Blue Water Theatre Company in the spring of 2022. This production was made up of high school age actors and was a new team I had not yet worked with at the time.

Dir: Maridee Slater

Stage Manager: Emerson Rice

Prop Design: Betsy Stewart

Costume Design: Dana Carlson

Scenic Design: Fritz Wright

Lighting Design: Alice Endo

Photos by Emerson Rice

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This shows me draping the fleece onto the foam head base. it was later rewrapped but this was a good learning experience regardless.

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I tried to loop the yarn pieces around a long length of yarn to create a thick head of hair almost like tracks in a weave. This was very tedious but it made the hair very thick.

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Other props for the show included these crates used as desks, various office equipment, and lots of paper.

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This shows me draping the fleece onto the foam head base. it was later rewrapped but this was a good learning experience regardless.

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Interesting Challenges

Well, I made my first puppet for this show! The character of Mr. Hart was played by Lizzie Semington in drag for the first act and then a masculine puppet for the second act. The artistic goal was for the actor to be able to separate herself from the masculinity of the character in a satirical way through a hand rod puppet that was taken off at the end of the show.

I also got the opportunity to design the coffee sweetener and rat poison boxes. These are similar to the ones in the film but I had fun in details including the images on back that resemble each other even further.