Sneak Peek!

A peek at the set model(in progress) for The Importance of Being Earnest happening at Holyoke Community College. I am the first annual recipient of The McKenna Guest Artist Award and designing the sets for their Spring production.

The Holyoke Community College/Lani Morrison McKenna Award recognizes a distinguished design professional from The Pioneer Valley to work with students and members of the Theatre Department during the Spring of 2011.

Grey Day, Bright Room

Update on the custom built in cabinets and shelves we were building.
We just finished installing them.
The finish on them is a gloss Ben Moore Pale Straw.

Dénouement

The Adding Machine at Speakeasy Stage, fabricated by us at New City Scenic and Display....running March 12 thru April 10 at the Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. Tix/Info: 617-933-8600 or www.SpeakEasyStage.com
photo by M. Saperstein

Shedding The Weight of Winter....(Inspiration #2)

Some really magical imagery from Lissy Elle to take us from winter to whatever spring can conjure up for us....

Across The Universe, originally uploaded by Lissy Elle.

A Child's Library...

Today we started work on crafting some custom built-ins for a child's bedroom. The cases will wrap around the room and have to match existing cases and mouldings in the home. These particular cases will be painted in to match existing bookcases so they are being built from quality poplar and birch. Below Ava is helping Tom with some assembly.

 

The Adding Machine....

 Adding Machine model by SZR

The set in process....

This week we are finishing up some fabrication for Speakeasy Stage Co.'s production of Adding Machine: A Musical. Directed by Paul Melone, and designed by Susan Zeeman Rogers.
Looking back over the past four years, we have built well over a dozen productions at Boston's acclaimed Speakeasy. Below is a sampling of some of these. Take a look:
(And thankyou Speakeasy for all your business!!!!!)

The Savannah Disputation

photo by Mark L. Saperstein

Blackbird

photo by Stratton McCrady

The Light in the Piazza 

photo by Speakeasy Stage 

 

The Seafarer

 photo by John Malinowski

Some Men

 

photo by Speakeasy Stage 

Zanna Don't

photo by Speakeasy Stage 

Parade

 

photo by Speakeasy Stage

Almost Maine

photo by Speakeasy Stage

The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin

 

 photo by John Malinowski

Kiss of The Spider Woman

photo by John Malinowski

(this was actually fabricated by Seismic Scenic during my tenure there as Charge Artist)

A Preview of Things to Come....(and a couple 1st's)

Here is a photo(an apertif via cel phone, if you will) of the set for The Complete Works, happening at Northampton's Academy of Music this weekend. New City Scenic designed and built a rake for this very traditional, historic space and it's getting a lot of people excited about seeing this show. It is the 1st rake in this house that we know of!- or, perhaps, just in our lifetimes??? Nonetheless, the rake definitely works well in this space.
{This past December, New City also replaced the long defunct stage trap- created for Houdini!- with a new working trap.}



Go see it!:

The Complete Works
of William Shakespeare
(Abridged)
by Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winfield
Directed by Tom McCabe

Featuring:
Phil Kilbourne, Sam Rush, and Brian Smith

Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 2 p.m.
The Academy of Music in Northampton