Richard III images
You can say "modest budget," "simple set" and "minimal props" all you like; when you do the Dickon play, somebody has to spray-paint a crown. Here's Cameron adding some goblets, tankards and other tableware while the tippy hat dries in the foreground.
Special Audience Award: When you come to see the show (June 11-13, Year 4), spot the plastic cereal bowl and win a free toy. (Offer limited to free toys Matt has on hand.) The crew has long since painted over the obscene dartboard . . . long story.
Steven is making a career of wicked monarchs; he was Ol' King Claudius in Town & Gown's production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead last fall and now appears as the Worst King with Some of the Best Quotations in Shakespeare.
At right, Alyssa has thoughtfully provided a sample (see jeans) of the brown paint used on the walls and furniture. She is playing Buckingham (as a Duchess) in the show, pursuant to a grand Second Stage tradition. As a former drama department figure, she is conscientious about cleaning paint brushes. Everybody likes to paint but most people don't show Alyssa's harmlessly anal care in leaving the tools nice and clean for the next person.
The next page gives an overall view of the set in an almost finished condition.
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