A show well timed

While it had been my intention to keep these in relative order, I am giving up on that plan. In 2014 we produced Hello! My Baby with Cheri Steinkellner for the second time.  It is rare for us to repeat shows so close together, but we had work shopped the script in house with Cheri and decided to take it to the International Thespian Festival the following year. With some script and song changes and a completely different set, we performed the show the same day the SCOTUS made its announcement upholding marriage equality. At the end of the show when Johnny asks "What the hell, a fella and a fella?", Marie's line "This is America, love is for everybody!" completely brought the house down. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuNd-0r3Uso

The street, still in the midst of detail painting

The Ballroom, we opted for painted shrub cut outs in the end. This was obviously not a dress rehearsal. 

I am attempting to catch up with my personal page here. We do a lot of shows in a year, and since I have been happily designing for KUSD Theater Arts at Bradford HS for 15 years, I tend not to think about updating. I do post regularly to our FaceBook page KUSD Theater Arts on FaceBook and our KUSD Theater Arts blog, but my personal portfolio never seems to get the same love. This is a shot of bows for Dessa Rose in 2012. We toured this show for almost an entire school year, taking a shortened version to area festivals (with the thrust stage) and the full version to district schools. The message is so powerful and the music stunning. If you have the chance, see it live. It will make you cry and give you hope for the future.