Busy, Busy

 It's been hectic around here!

My show at Pocket Sandwich Theatre opened successfully.  (Sometimes you wonder if it will ever open!)  Here's a photo in the midst of the chaos of building The Werewolf of London.

The creepy swaddled head on the left was left over from the last show (and startled me every single time I caught it in the corner of my eye).  The rough floral painting in the foreground was something I painted fast onto a "French" IKEA mirror I had in my garage.  That one car garage is where most of my theater supplies and set dressing live... making it quite tricky to park the car!  The mirror got hung on the wall above the faux fireplace.

As that build wrapped up, my next one Eureka Day! at Stage West got busy.

The set for this play is the library of a private "community" school in Berkeley, California... in a building designed by ground-breaking architect Julia Morgan.  Best known for designing Hurst Castle for the newspaper baron William Randolph Hurst, she was the first woman licensed as an architect in California and the first female architecture student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.

Also a wonderful designer!

This is a swimming pool she designed for the Berkeley City Club.

 

I felt completely fan-girl about getting to try to imitate her style.  (There might be a few arches in my set.  Possibly.)