The thought of performing Treasure Island came about a year ago. I had posed a question to my students about what plays they wanted to do the following season. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe won by a land slide, then Robin Hood second, and Treasure Island third. My roommates one night discovered the … More Treasure Island Process
This past Sunday, 19 cast members of Treasure Island spent the day at the Discovery World Museum. They have a recreation of the schooner The Challenger, thus we went to discovered what it would be like on a ship. While is was a smaller scale then the origional 6 person ship, the cast got a … More Sunday Museum
“The spring Play, Treasure Island might be the most exciting play we have done this year,” says theatre teacher, Amelia Figg-Franzoi. “During the musical, all I heard was ‘Pippin is cool, but pirates are going to be so exciting’.” This show itself is a challenge, sailing, swords, fighting, and being able to speak like a … More Treasure Island!
It’s a scary thought… 3 days, 3 more rehearsals, 14 hours of rehearsal time until “Pippin” opens. We had our first day of tech on Friday, which went swimmingly. Everything is falling into place. The costumes look fabulous, the pit orchestra is getting the music, our actors and putting everything together and stage crew is … More Three days to go
Once upon a time in the land of Stage Crew Lived two painters that everyone knew. They painted sets as if they were pros (Though they never could keep the paint off of their clothes). One day Ms. Figg-Franzoi said, “Sam and Nikki, I’d like you to make me a lovely bed tree.” So that … More Poetree
By Nikki Loiben (2012) In order to build the tree bed for the “Pippin” set, Sam and I spent numerous crew sessions building and painting the prop. First, we began by building a rectangular structure to attach bed posts too. With the help of Randy, we were able to make a tilted bed on wheels. … More How we made the tree bed
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