last week's adventures

Last week at the Hunt, we struck the set for Invisible Man, the mainstage that opened in January. I wish I had taken pictures of this set coming down, but the atmosphere during a strike is very purposeful and fast-paced, with lots of concern for speed and safety all at once. You can find some pictures of this set going up earlier in my blog, especially here. I enjoyed this strike; I worked on taking down a lot of the walls and columns and eventually did some work on the fly rail. The Hunt usually has 2 people in harnesses open a big door at the back of the stage that leads to the dumpster, where only those 2 people can approach the door, so the rest of us chop stuff up and send it their way, unless it is a set element that we are saving. Other people formed teams in the grid wayyy up in the air, making sure hanging things were taken down safely. We worked around electrics and props people as well. The strike went well; we started at 5:30pm and we were home by 2am.

We also had more work during the week on a show we know as 602. The 600's series are not mainstage shows (Our Town, which was located off-site, was a 600 show) and therefore we know less about it and the set is generally smaller and less complex. I built 2 small, custom stair units while other people in the shop started some flats, finished up Raisin in the Sun (004) and shop projects, like installing and squaring a new metal saw and putting in some shelves for the costume department. I also worked on a set of flats that will be put together to make a sort of doorway or portal for the 602 show. They were complicated in that some were mirror images of the others, and the steel framing is at a 6 degree angle, and the wood pieces we added had to be rounded over so the fabric that eventually gets stretched over it won't rip....

All the fun.

Stair units