Once again I am painting a Seuss-type set. I must say I am getting quiet good at painting Seuss... all thanks to my friend Robert Salberg who has a thing for all things Seuss. This time his school was working on The Seussification of A Midsummer Night's Dream. I believe his 8th graders were the… Continue reading The Seussification of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Author: wboyack
Into the Woods
My friend Jeff Witt came to me in February and wanted me to come up with a set idea that was "outside the box" for his spring production of Into the Woods at Central High School. I thought about it and approached him with the idea of setting the show in New York City. My… Continue reading Into the Woods
Les Miserables
From the beginning of January through the end of March of 2014 I had the pleasure of working on the production of Les Miserable performed at Pentacle Theater. I was very involved in the blocking of the production. The director, Robert Salberg, assigned me all of the large group numbers and most of the scenes… Continue reading Les Miserables
Willie Wonka
I am finally getting around to blogging about the latest set I designed. I worked on Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at Central High School. This was a hard set... first, because I am not all that excited about the script... and second, because there are so many different scene changes. I wasn't sure… Continue reading Willie Wonka
A Star is Born
I was asked to design a concert/cabaret type set for the fund raiser for Pentacle Theater. My friend Jeff Witt was the director. When we originally talked the show was to be a Disney review. A few weeks before it opened the show format had to change because they didn't have rights to the Disney… Continue reading A Star is Born
Crimes of the Heart
I just wrapped up a production of Crimes of the Heart at Central High School. Once again, I served as the Tech Director and Set Designer. For this play I mentored my daughter, Hannah, as a Lighting Designer as well (I even had her draw her first light plot and learn some lighting theory for… Continue reading Crimes of the Heart
Finding Myself in The Secret Garden
I had the extraordinary opportunity to direct The Secret Garden for the Pentacle Theatre, a local community theater in Salem. At first I wasn't sure about it. It’s a big show. It has very difficult music. It’s not a well known musical. However, I decided to attempt the show anyway with the encouragement of my friend Jeff… Continue reading Finding Myself in The Secret Garden
CET 2013
Ok... it's time to do some catch up. This year I worked at Children's Educational Theater. This is my second year with this organization. I am responsible for the tech stuff for 6 children's productions, tech supplies and teaching 3 tech classes. This year I designed Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr to be performed in the… Continue reading CET 2013
Family Matters – a Play
Once again I have been ask to design and paint a set for my friend Robert and his students at Howard Street Middle School. This show is called Family Matters. All he needed was a back drop that he wanted to look like the front of a huge family album or scrapbook and a giant book...… Continue reading Family Matters – a Play
Legally Blonde
For the past few months I've been working as the Apprentice Director at Pentacle Theater. An Apprentice Director at Pentacle Theater is a little more than an Assistant Director.... I gather. Actually, I did what I was trained to do as an Assistant Director... whatever the director didn't want to do, assigned me to do, or I could do… Continue reading Legally Blonde
