36 hours to opening

Last nights rehearsal was a definite step forward. The hard work of the previous 24 hours made solved many of the sound issues we were having. The scene changes flowed smoothly with the exception of a couple of hiccups. Flash pots and special effects all functioned and the cast kicked up the performance quality to show level. We still have a tremendous amount of work on the set lights and costumes to complete before the opening tomorrow night. The work of dozens of volunteers and cast members have made the show look terrific! Denise Bohle has done an outstanding job painting munchkin bushes, the wizards hot air balloon basket and several other props. Nick Jaeger made a large hourglass for the witches castle. Charles Keeney has spent countless hours designing and building remote controlled smoke generators, flash pots, and LED lights that can be controlled from backstage without any wires visible wires. Leah Bohle, Maria Miller, Madison Whelan, Sydney Hughes, Buddy Jackson, Chris Schnarr, Emily Yocum, Miki Abraham all came in during the past couple of days to help paint and build. Kim Yocum has put in countless hours helping paint and build things like the witches broom, and the sign for the side of Professor Marvels wagon, Daniel Yocum and Landon Baker have helped make the digital images move smoothly. Landon created the cyclone with flying objects. Kristy Hansen has painted all of the borders around the proscenium and the back screen. Luke Wilkins has been in almost daily for 2 weeks helping build and paint so many things I can't count. Aaron Spoden who returned from his freshman year of college a couple of weeks ago has showed up every day and put in countless hours cutting out set pieces. Doug Arnold has worked very hard as a volunteer musical director to help the cast with the singing. Manulito Mansfield and Mary Jane Bowles are filling in on running sound for the show. Jim and Ted Roush have done a great job on running the lights and working on the stage crew. I know that I'm forgetting someone. All the hard work is paying off and the show should be a great success. For those of you trying to call the box office please be patient. The phones are ringing off the hook and people are waiting in line at the box office during the day to get tickets to the show. Don't forget that you can skip the phone wait and buy tickets online from our website. 36 Hours to opening!