A Busy Day

Whew! The ol' scout is tuckered out, folks, after taking part in both a load-in and a load-out - both in one day!

I should explain what that is: for most community theatre groups, you have to build the set for your show at a different building, and then load it onto a truck and move it to the theater where you're staging the show. After the show's over, you load the set back out of the theatre.

Today, for example, the cast and parents of Alexander, Who's Not Not Not Not Not Not Going to Move loaded up the set and put it in place on the stage at the Jeslyn Performing Arts Center (the old Camelot Theater downtown).

Right after that, it was over to the Renaissance Center, where the cast and families of Charlotte's Web wrapped up their final show, and the set was taken apart, loaded onto a truck, and moved back to the storage building.

That's what we call a busy time for the First Stage Theatre Company! Two shows, two sets, about 40 young performers and tech crew and more than a dozen performances (not including rehearsals) in four weeks! Whew!