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Alumnae Theatre Company’s production of The Drowning Girls closed on Saturday night to another packed house at the end of an incredible run – and I was lucky to be able to see it one last time before our closing night celebration at Betty’s and the inevitable set strike the following day.

Bessie’s grave stone (written by actor Tennille Read)

I have to say, this was a sad strike for me. For some reason, I’m going to miss this set a lot. More paint under my fingernails today, but I don’t mind.

DG set strike 007 — Set & lighting designer Ed Rosing surveys our progress

DG set strike 005 — Centre tub – pre-strike

DG set strike 004 — One last look at those beautiful birch trees

DG set strike 003 — Stage left tub shower head with ivy snaking around it

DG set strike 008 — The magic shower switch

DG set strike 009 — Shower head detached

DG set strike 013 — Love this window. Up centre of the stage, it was blacked out with a curtain for the show.

DG set strike 014 — Lamps down awaiting transfer to the main stage for the Bravo Academy rental. They’re doing Into The Woods.

4 responses to “Fond farewell to The Drowning Girls”

alumnaetheatre

December 3, 2012

Thanks for the lovely pix. Always sad to see a set come down, isn’t it? Even worse to be the one dismantling – it feels so wrong to rip it apart! Theatre is so fleeting….

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1. life with more cowbell
  
  December 3, 2012
  
  Yep. Ed and I talked about this yesterday, how it goes up so painstakingly and gradually, but then gets torn down so quickly and unceremoniously.
  
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alumnaetheatre

December 3, 2012

Reblogged this on The Alumnae Theatre Company's Blog and commented:
The title of this post says it all…

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