Dr. Horrible - Volume 5

We had to end our mini[blog]-series with a shameless plug! See you this week!

  
Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog will be performed March 30 - April 3 at 7:30pm and 2pm (Sunday) in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre in Thompson Hall. All performances are free to the public, with a $5 suggested donation. Donations will help fund the next Student Studio. Tickets will be available at the door.

More information here. 

This week in pictures

University Theatre has two productions coming up at the end of March and through April: Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog and Dancing at Lughnasa. Here's a few pictures to document those productions:

Our COM 298 Costume Construction and Application class are building the dresses for Dancing at Lughnasa.

Right now they have the mock ups in muslin, 

but soon they will be a full realization of the designer's renderings on stage! 

"The definition of irony is washing a washing machine with a dirty t-shirt."

'Nuf said. (washing machine to be seen in Dr. Horrible...)

(...and I just thought the huge machinery added some dramatic flair to this picture)

Our library is getting a face-lift thanks to our amazing office and marketing assistant, Jarrett!!

Soon, we will have a full catalogue of our books online!

Lastly, I thought this was clever, and it made me chuckle, so I definitely needed to add it!

Here's to next week!

For more information on our productions: ncsu.edu/theatre
For tickets: ncsu.edu/ticketcentral919.515.1100
For more fun information: facebook.com/ncstateuniveristytheatre

Dr. Horrible - Volume 4

Evil laugh montage for your viewing pleasure...

Tune in next Wednesday for our final volume of the Dr. Horrible mini[blog]-series!

Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog will be performed March 30 - April 1 at 7:30pm and 2pm (Sunday) in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre in Thompson Hall. All performances are free to the public, with a $5 suggested donation. Donations will help fund the next Student Studio. Tickets will be available at the door.

Dr. Horrible - Volume 3

Welcome to the third installment of Dr. Horrible mini[blog]-series.

I welcome any of the new minions who have only recently been introduced to this status quo-breaking blog. Alas, if Dr. Horrible has taught us anything it is that the status is not quo. (And, if Dr. Horrible hasn't taught you anything yet/this makes absolutely no sense to you I recommend you mark your calendar to snag a seat to this production - pronto).

In last week's post we searched into the realm of darkness,

unearthing the weaknesses names, majors, etc. of our cast members.

This week I dove deeper into the darkness and into the light (Literally. Rob had to turn the lights on for me so I could get some decent pictures). Let's see what was found:

Gurney. Never bodes well.

Gadgets and knobby things:

And you can imagine my utter joy at finding this state-of-the-art technology:
(I believe there was an audible "sweet sassy" when I set my eyes on it for the first time,
followed by the sound of the heavens opening. I'll let you interpret that yourself).

My mind immediately went to the last place I had seen machinery like this:

(some of you may recall my soft spot for anything Doogie Howser, MD).

And let's keep this train moving right on through our NPH 3 degrees of separation

and bring it full circle, people!

Neil Patrick Harris as Dr. Horrible:

OK, enough of that. Here is our Set Designer, Rob working on the set:

This is a picture with some of the small buildings that are on stage.

I attempted to take a Godzilla-like picture, but failed, so this is what you are left with:

Back of flats.

A better look at the main backdrop:

That's all I have for you this week, but we've still got 2 to go.
Check back in next Wednesday for Volume 4.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog will be performed March 30 - April 1 at 7:30pm and 2pm (Sunday) in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre in Thompson Hall. All performances are free to the public, with a $5 suggested donation. Donations will help fund the next Student Studio. Tickets will be available at the door.

This week in picutres

Good afternoon, everyone! I hope you all are coming down off of your green eggs and ham from yesterday and are ready for a nice big dose of this week in pictures!

This week the scene shop has been dealing with a whole lot of this:

and cutting it with this:

but only once it is put together, like this:

 

Oh, and I found these:

They may or may not have anything to do with the foam, 
but they are awesome nonetheless.

And these guys are trying to figure out how to cut the foam...:

into these:

And our ATD Andrew was nice enough to send me back to my office with my own little slice:

Now, I just need to whittle it into something, suggestions?

But wait, there's more! Ron and I also went around to some of the staff members to interview them about their work on Dancing at Lughnasa. You'll see the fruits of our labor in April. But, to tide you over, here's some still shots from our interviews.

Jayme, with his Lughnasa inspirations in the background.

Jen, in the costume shop, with costume renderings posted.

And Paul, in the catwalk. (My neck hurt after that one!) Can you find him?

And, because we love our patrons, we wanted to offer a St. Patrick's day special. Today is your last day for the buy one, get one free offer at Ticket Central for Dancing at Lughnasa! Be sure to call (919.515.1100) or stop by to get yours!

Dancing at Lughnasa runs April 7 - 10 and 13 - 17 at 7:30pm with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2pm in Thompson Hall.

This week in pictures

This week has been quite because of Spring Break,
but the work continued for staff (exhibit A, my desk):

If you haven't picked up your Urinetown shirt, I still have them.
Some staff has had their eyes on them, so you better get 'em quick!

One more picture of Dancing at Lughnasa progress.
Can't wait to see that floor lit by Paul!

Here's to next week...

Dr. Horrible - Volume 2

As we continue our search into the realm of darkness Dr. Horrible mini[blog]-series, I thought it wise to really see how the cast measures up. I mean, if I am committing a couple hours of my life to a sing-a-long in March/April, I want to really know what I'm getting into. But, let's face it, I wouldn't miss this sing-a-long for anything!

With that, I girded my...myself with my...camera (let's keep it PG 13!) and grilled this "Horrible" cast for more information, including what their own personal superhero or villain would be.

Name: Eric Wilbanks
Role: Dr. Horrible himself
Year: Freshman
Major: Spanish Education
Superhero name: The Not-so-Stupendous Spork
Superhero power: Saving people from the terror of having to choose between the utility of the fork and the usefulness of the spoon.
Nemesis: The Flying Foon

Name: Lizzy Ozamiz
Role: Penny
Year: Sophomore
Major: Textile Engineering - Information Systems
Villain name: Lizice
Villain power: Can turn people into ice with one look

Name: Andrew Enloe
Role: Captain Hammer
Year: Freshman
Major: FYC
Villain name: Psych-O
Villain power: Telekinetic powers that enable me to control the molecules around me so that I can move things with my mind, stop the flow of time, and even make things implode with my mind.

Name: Paul Brothers
Role: Moist
Year: Senior
Major: Visual Arts Applicatons
Superhero name: Awkward-o
Superhero power: The power to break down common social boundaries through inappropriate actions and comments with impeccable timing


Name: Brett Williams
Role: Groupie
Year: Sophomore
Major: Zoology
Super villain name: Color Wheel
Super villain power: The ability to make every white crayon in the world disappear for 5 seconds at time.

The Bad Horsemen from right to left: Scott Spence, Nat Conti, Caroline Hopping

Name: Nat Conti
Role: Bad Horseman
Year: Freshman
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Superhero name: Lampshade
Superhero power: To make everyone invisible but myself invisible, so I wear a lampshade to hide.

Two cast members aren't pictured, but I'll cut them some slack this time... I think they've got a good thing going so far.

Check back with us next Wednesday for Volume 3!

Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog will be performed March 30 - April 1 at 7:30pm and 2pm (Sunday) in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre in Thompson Hall. All performances are free to the public, with a $5 suggested donation. Donations will help fund the next Student Studio. Tickets will be available at the door.

This week in pictures

Happy Friday everyone!

I'm really starting to dig this job. I get invited to everyone's class and other exciting happenings just so I can take pictures! Here's what I got to witness this week:

My first stop was into Paul's stage combat weekly workshop (photographs courtesy of Jayme Mellema):

"Ready!"

"Set!"

"Fight!"

The obligatory action shot...

I couldn't NOT get some posed pictures:
If you scroll this this set of three it feels a bit like The Matrix's bullet-time photography.
(OK, just go with me here, we got a picture from 3 angles, pretty sophisticated for me)

Bree conquers all!

Next, we've got some set up for TheatreFest 2011.
There are still audition slots available! More information here and here.

The Dr. Horrible rehearsals have begun, and I crashed them last night!
(more blogs on Dr. Horrible here and here.)
Tune in every Wednesday through March for more Dr. Horrible updates!

Cast prep:

Musical Director, Randy getting the cast warmed up!

Lastly, I snuck in to the Dancing at Lughnasa set up:

Lots of movable parts.

Basket o' shoes (get the Irish reference there?)

Stage Manager emergency kit: spike tape, cough drops and hand sanitizer.
Why not?

Here's to next week...