The other Odd Couple
Mark and and I (Josh) spent some time at the Theatre this weekend putting up the walls for our first show of the season; Neil Simon’s “The (Female) Odd Couple”.
One of the recurring challenges is utilizing the space that we have, or don’t have, on our stage. With limited wing space (as in 0%) we have to build our exits/entrances based on the two doors on the stage. If you are standing on stage and looking out over the audience the door to your left would exit into our dressing room and only ‘wing’ space. The stage right door leads off into the kitchen and to a space that can only be used as an exit and changing space if our actor isn’t required to make an entrance from stage left.
Mark has been building our sets for at least 10 years now and is always coming up with new and more efficient ways of putting up flats and creating unique sets.
We were able to acquire some very unique pieces for set decoration from our local Salvation Army. Check our flickr pool for some shots of the set as it’s going up during the next few weeks.