Picking up the Baton...(or mouse)....
Hello everybody - John here. I am new to this blog, picking up the baton from my brother who has to spend time on his new job. Many things are happening with MPOnStage. We chose our 2008-2009 season, then had to make some adjustments. I expected to have some time to relax before Winnie-the-Pooh started up but then got involved with Little Red Hen and What the Butler Saw. Well, that is just the nature of Community Theatre!
First off, we completed auditions for A Winnie-the-Pooh Birthday Tail. The show is now cast and we already had the read through. I now have to make some adjustments to Eeyore and build a Tigger puppet.
My work on Little Red Hen is done. I have delivered all the set pieces as well as three little chick puppets. Building the chicks was a new experience for me. The beaks were to small to do them as traditional hand puppets so I pulled out my books on making ventriloquist figures and designed the puppets with rod and lever controls. They can open and close their beaks, blink their eyes and raise their eyebrows using a set of levers in the head. As for the set, I built a hen house puppet stage, a fireplace oven, a trough that makes wheat magically grow and 4 fence units. All of these fold up flat, a necessity with the Kelsey Theatre's lack of available storage.
I am also acting in the James Tolin Memorial Fund production of What the Butler Saw. The show is a British style farce and promises a lot of laughs. Check out http://www.jtmf.org/ for more info.
Till next time..
First off, we completed auditions for A Winnie-the-Pooh Birthday Tail. The show is now cast and we already had the read through. I now have to make some adjustments to Eeyore and build a Tigger puppet.
My work on Little Red Hen is done. I have delivered all the set pieces as well as three little chick puppets. Building the chicks was a new experience for me. The beaks were to small to do them as traditional hand puppets so I pulled out my books on making ventriloquist figures and designed the puppets with rod and lever controls. They can open and close their beaks, blink their eyes and raise their eyebrows using a set of levers in the head. As for the set, I built a hen house puppet stage, a fireplace oven, a trough that makes wheat magically grow and 4 fence units. All of these fold up flat, a necessity with the Kelsey Theatre's lack of available storage.
I am also acting in the James Tolin Memorial Fund production of What the Butler Saw. The show is a British style farce and promises a lot of laughs. Check out http://www.jtmf.org/ for more info.
Till next time..
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