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Linda S
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Posted: 1/29/08 at 8:43am |
Hi Dana,
Thank you! Thank you so much! As you might have seen from the video, the scrim was extensively damaged and is no longer usable. This is is a very welcome donation. I just spoke with the president of the board and he is overwhelmed. We are looking forward to seeing you in August.
Thank you also for the contacting Stage Directions. I let Paul know about that too. It is just wonderful how people from all over are supporting our little theater.
The boys who did the damage are looking at going to trial soon.
I will private message you my contact info, so you can call me when you get to Maine this summer.
Thank you again for your generosity. You made my day.
Linda
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Mr. Lowell
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Posted: 6/24/08 at 10:46am |
Hi Linda, we are vacationing in Maine during the week of July 14th, so I hope to attend "Into the Woods" at your theatre! I am prepared to donate the scrim as well as enough muslin to cover 3 dozen flats. I was going to bring this stuff up in our mini-van in July, but if you could use any of it now as you prepare for "Woods", I am willing to ship it out to you today by UPS.
Let me know. -Dana
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Linda S
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Posted: 6/24/08 at 4:32pm |
Hi Dana,
I am so glad that you are going to be able to see Into The Woods. It is coming along great. Thank you so much for the donation of the scrim, and the muslin is an added bonus. We won't be needing it for this production so don't worry about shipping it. Please let me know what day you are planning on coming and how many tickets. It will be my honor to have you as my guest. I am looking forward to meeting you.
Linda
An update on the progress of the recovery of the vandalism: Most visible damage has been taken care off. All of the windows have been replaced and a security has been installed. Curtains that were damaged have been repaired. We have estimates for replacing the light board and sound equipment and that will be the next big expense. Everyone has been so supportive and generous that we are just overwhelmed.
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Mr. Lowell
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Posted: 7/21/08 at 5:42pm |
Linda, thanks for the tour of your theatre, it was very cool!
And to everyone else out there in "theatre-land": I recommend you drop in on this little community theatre if you ever find yourself travelling near Standish, Maine. The place is incredible! The theatre is built inside an antique wooden 3-story high school! The look and feel of the old building really sets the stage for an interesting little "found space" for actors. They created a proscenium stage with stadium seating inside the old gymasium, which is down in the basement. The giant classrooms upstairs are used for their green room, costume shop, black box rehearsal space, and dance room. The "lobby" has high windows and is furnished with lots of antique chairs - awaiting the next period play to appear in. The buiding must be at least 100 years old, with interesting wooden door frames...and amazing pressed tin ceilings! I bet every artsy-fartsy coffee shop in America would kill for all the cool pressed tin ceilings found throughout this school building! And the height of the ceilings must be about 12 or 14 feet! One room still had a 30' long chalkboard. The floors have creeky wide planks of hardwood. Lots of character! This entire building would make a great location for a walking murder mystery dinner theatre production! Anyway, by the luck of Murphy's Law of Theatre, after travelling to Maine from North Carolina, I did not get to see Linda's production of "Into the Woods" after all! Friday night the village of Standish was plastered by a violent and deadly thunderstorm with 80 mile an hour winds. We saw a giant barn that had collapsed and lots of tree limbs on top of cars. The power to the region was knocked out at 5:00 pm...and she had a 7:30 curtain! It was rough. But she was nice enough to give me, and my wife and baby Jack, a tour of the entire facility by flashlight!!! That made the place seem even more interesting! The afternoon was very exciting, as the actors arrived one by one to the darkened theatre, each with stories of dodging downed power lines and such. I was not able to see the play, but what I saw of the set, (in the dark), was very creative and imaginative! They had a fragmentary forest made of cut-away flats that were very well designed and painted. And there were two revolving wagons with different scenes on each side. These used 2-dimensional and 3-D elements to save space. For example, the seat of a small chair was attached to a flat, and the remainder of the chair was painted on to match. Their coolest idea was to make ingenious use of an existing doorway in the wall of the old gymnasium. For some reason, lost to history, there is an old doorway floating on the second floor wall of the gym! So they designed a tall castle turret next to the proscenium arch. That way, the actresses could enter directly into the top of the turret through this old door, without having to climb a ladder. It's a shame that this theatre was vandalized. Because this troup was already putting on plays with some antiquated lighting and sound gear in the first place. I hope some of you other theatre directors across the country can do what you can to send them support in some way. What they really need is a new sound mixer and a new dimmer board...both of which were damaged when vandals through them off the booth platform. However, since these systems will need all kinds of matching cables, modules and distribution, then rather than "hand-me-down" items, maybe cash donations would be the best way to go on these. Linda, thanks again for giving us a backstage tour, especially during such a chaotic afternoon! We camp in Maine every Summer, so I'll start squirrelling away some cool tech gear for our next trip! And hopefully the weather will allow me to actually see one your productions next time... Break a leg, Dana |
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Linda S
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Posted: 7/29/08 at 2:01pm |
Hi Dana,
The show closed this weekend. I am tired, but very happy with how everything turned out. I could have done without the storm that canceled the show, but all in all a success. We played to great houses for the rest of our run, so it didn't hurt us too badly. Thank you so much for stopping by the theater. I was so pleased to meet you, your wife and baby Jack. You are right it was chaotic afternoon. I was delighted to step away for a bit and show you our little theater.
Please be in touch. I am anxious for you to actually see a show when you visit next year. Here is the link to the photos for Into the Woods. They are the good, the bad and the ugly, but most are pretty good.
Thanks again for the scrim and the muslin. If there is ever anything I can do for you. Just let me know.
Linda
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Mr. Lowell
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Posted: 6/09/10 at 11:27am |
Hello Linda! It's been two years! Are you still on this forum? How is the Schoolhouse Theatre going since that vandalism?
I'm visiting Maine again this Summer and I'm bringing along lots more stuff to donate to your theatre. I've got an old intercom headset system, a bunch of gobos, some velour fabric and cyclorama remnants!
What is your production schedule for the first week of August?
Thanks, Dana Edited by Mr. Lowell - 8/30/10 at 4:59pm |
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