Monday June 2

Today has been a day of running around for me and scheduling and building for others. Jim worked on the back wall of the bar scene during the morning. We selected a piece of scenery that was built for 45 Seconds from Broadway 3-4 years ago. We had stored it at the warehouse because it was a unique window piece. Jim built a rolling base for the wall and shelves for glasses to fit on the wall. Then he has been working on the rolling bar unit. The wall and bar unit are used in the first scene of the show and then never appear onstage again. Jim and I are still discussing how to turn 2 twin beds used in the show into one large bed for one of the staterooms. Whether we use the cut away walls as a "headboard" behind the bed or we actually build head boards for each of the beds. Tomorrow Jim will begin work on the brig set. Someone asked me what a brig was. It is a term I just took for granted that everyone knew. A brig is the jail cell on a ship or on an military base. In our show the brig has two bunks and a couple of crates and a barrel to play cards on.

I spent the morning calling the royalty company about The Sugar Bean Sisters (there is a clause in our contract that all scripts must be ordered by a certain date or we have to reapply for rights), returning sound equipment that was rented for the story theatre tour, returning signed contracts to the city for services rendered for the city donation this year, and proofing the program for Anything Goes at Paducah Printing. The afternoon has been spent following up on rental and studio scheduling. We have a church that is looking to rent the studio theatre every Sunday starting in July for a couple of months while they are in transition from their current home. The Paducah Improv group will begin classes June 9 from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Studio Theatre. Led by Eric Hobbs this is a class for adults who love using theatre games and exercises to build their everyday skills. People can join at any time and the fee is $5 per class. Eric hopes the troupe will be able to offer a couple of performances in the studio theatre.

The Lunch box theatre is rehearsing The True Story of the Tortoise and the Hare in the Studio Theatre as I write this. I'm about to go tape out the floor for the auditorium of Clark elementary school on the classroom floor.