It was a couple of walls and a stair case. The walls had scrim stretched over the front (I thought this was going to be used to create an interesting moment in the play...I was wrong the scrim was never actually used. In fact, if the designer was attempting to say something about the play with the scrim walls, then I am afraid it was lost on paper and in the production meetings because it never made it to the stage).
We built the set for The Rabbit Hole in our scene shop, and set it on wheels to be rolled onto the stage. Here are a few photos of the walls I built and a couple that we pulled and installed.
Main Entrance. I built the frame and the two side window units.
Back of Main Entrance.
We installed the walls and built the rolling platform. (12x12x12 foot unit).
This is the back of the arch flat I built. Very simple...A few strips of 1x3 knotty pine for the outside edges, the top, and bottom. A couple of supporting strips top to bottom and right to left notched so that they fit together for extra strength and support. The arch is made of 3/4 inch plywood cut out then thickened with a 6 inch strip of 1/8 inch luan. I really enjoy building walls that appear to have the same resistance and strength and aesthetics that normal household walls have, yet they cost half as much, last 1% of the time, and most audiences never know the difference.
Kitchen and cabinets. We attached another wall to the rolling unit at the ground and installed some kitchen cabinets that we borrowed from Re-stor. It is a store affiliated with Habitat for Humanity, which is a great little non-profit organization that everybody should know about. They do great things for underprivileged families and communities.
The Rabbit Hole set (minus props). The set is obviously a modern home, which leads me to believe that the play will be pretty staightforward and more than likely boring from a purely alternative theatre perspective, but may be promising from a more conservative realistic perspective. In other words, this isn't the kind of play that I would enjoy unless the acting is top notch and the play is well written. I haven't read the play (in fact I know nothing about it), so I will let you know after I see the play this Wednesday night.
2 comments:
It seems like there is a lot of work that goes into this. I suppose it has to look amd feel real.
Looks good but conventional, when will you have a chance to get your wacked out experimental chops on, you Lit Moony?
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