We are in good shape (I think). For anyone coming out Thursday:
Peggy will finish up the school doors, plus we need to add "RYDELL" along the top. She might need assist.
 - podium needs a second coat of red.
 - word Grease needs a touch of black
 - car interior needs some paint
 - the large lock panel needs more black lines

Three Weeks till curtain

April 10 (in one month the show will be over!) and we have a car to paint!!!

Kim touches up the purple table between the beds. The Burger Palace sits behind and both are almost finished.

Very nice job on the Burger Palace counter, just wait for the stools!

The front doors of the school are still under construction, but we have tested pink and blue (and maybe yellow too) and we will go ahead.

The big locker wall still needs a little TLC, - including the locks!
Click any image to enlarge. We still have all the letters to paint, finish the Grease sign, the podium is primed, and then the car. Things are looking great. Work for everyone on Monday! Cheers

March 21
Back - Alexandra, Liz, Kim
Front - Sheryl, Peggy, Chris, Jennifer, Dianne

Hi Painters,

I’ll be away Monday, so here are a few things on the paint schedule.

Continued work on the lockers. The first two are almost done, just need the black lines and work on the “locks” The larger locker is still under construction.

The pillow fly was primed last week, but someone accidentally stepped on it, so a skin needs replacing (construction crew) and priming. Might be ready around 7:30 – 8:00.

The bandstand needs the railing painted red. (1/2 hr)

The beds have been primed and the yellow paint for them should be there Monday night. (1 hr)

Peggy will know what needs to be done on the burger palace.

Generally I’d say – there is not work for everyone on Monday. Is up to you.  

Cheers

Paint Update

March 10

Last night we started the locker doors. Having done some test styles, we can now move ahead. Lots of work here. 

Music - bandstand - is primed, railings need red paint, and faux concrete blocks on bottom

Beds ready for prime and the yellow!

Large faces are done.

Paint

Update for Thurdsay March 5

1. I don’t know if Kim and Alex finished Marilyn, if not paint on.

2. Peggy, Stephanie and maybe Cheryl can/will continue on the two Burger Palace pieces. Incidentally, we need to paint the word “Burger” at the top of one, and “Palace” at the top of the other. Open to suggestions on best way to do this (overhead projector?)

3. Diane is doing the aging on the lockers – we will use her hand on all 3 pieces. She is only in on Monday’s

4. I will be making the “locker stencil” and could use a helper. Hopefully will be able to test it out. The stencil will be outlined on the set piece and probably painted by hand. There are 84 so lots of work soon.

5. A note on taping. This may sound confusing: the two rolling locker pieces will be place down with the lockers facing up. The large piece (we haven’t really seen it yet) will be placed on sawhorses to line up with the rolling lockers and we will use the rolling lockers as masters.

6. The band stand and the bed need to be primed. Remember the “stock primer” in the paint room has become the undercoat for the lockers, so we need to keep enough to do the large piece currently unfinished and standing against the south wall.  

Based on the above assess if you want or need to be there. All welcome.


Update: Feb 24

The side drops (for faces), locker drop and rolling lockers were primed last night - thanks to all who helped.On Wednesday - Peggy will be painting the side drops yellow and starting to add the faces (see below). This Thursday we will be taping one (or both) of the rolling lockers - then adding the yellow over top. Will need 3 (plus me) at most. Let me know - thanks 

The first five colours for Grease have been determined. The first - Killer Blonde (great name) will be used on the lockers, the background of two set pieces in the soda shop scene and the two tall portraits.  The red will be used throughout to highlight. The purple (Private Dancer) will be used in the bedroom for the large pillows and accent pillows on the beds. Bean Bag Toss will be the colour of the bed linen/covers. The light blue will be for the benches in front of lockers - and I'm sure will find it's way as a second accent colour throughout the show.

As these scans do not reflect the true colour, a sheet will be posted on the bulletin board outside the rehearsal hall for everyone's use - with actual samples attached.

Note the two tall portraits at stage right and left (click on image to enlarge). We will be painting the same, one may appear to look like Marilyn Monroe, the other like James Dean. Any likeness is purely accidental.  

The size: about 28 feet tall, the top width 8 feet and the botton 2 feet. These set pieces should be available very soon. Please Note: this image (and others to follow) are not images of our set, just pieces of these sets will be our guides to what is desired.

These lockers need to be reproduced 4 high (not sure how many wide - 12 perhaps) and on two set pieces - one will be a wooden drop, the other will be on wheels. We need a stencil - can be a single locker or a set of four - whatever seems be best. The colours are not purple to pink - this will be done by lighting - however we do not know what the background colour is - yet. Update: background colour is Killer Blonde - making varied lighting easy.

Left is an image of what the bedroom scene will look like. The large backdrops represent "pillows" (seen as pink and green). We will be using two tones of purple. The larger to be "Private Dancer" and the smaller a darker shade. Both could have patterns. We will purchase material and make the pillows on 1/2 inch plywood. (will confirm props will make these) Everything below the purple pillows will be close to the Bean Bag Toss yellow. The pillows on the bed will be purple. There will be a small table between the beds, which we will paint purple.

Photo Night

Crew, March 2, 2015 
6:45 Front House
7:00 Construction
7:15 Marketing, Administrative Staff
7:30 Pit Chorus
7:45 Wardrobe
8:00 Make-Up
8:15 Properties

Head/Shoulders - (when available) – Individual photos for Crew, Managers, Directors will be done within the time slots above.

Cast - Thursday, March 5, 2015
Head/Shoulders , Group Photos– Cast (when available) – Individual photos will be taken at the discretion of the Director

Rehearsal Schedule

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

All rehearsals begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at approximately 10:00 p.m. and are held at the Rehearsal Studio located at 2491 Jos. St. Louis. 

If you are unable to attend rehearsal, please contact:
Peggy Shearn, Administrative Assistant at 519-560-7530 (cell phone).

Monday January 5
7:00-9:00PM - Entire Cast and Rock n' Roll Pit Chorus

9:00-10:00PM - Danny and Sandy (Summer Nights, Hopelessly, Sandy, You're the One that I Want)

See you all Monday!

Thursday January 8

Monday January 12

Thursday January 15

Monday January 19

Thursday January 22

Monday January 26

Thursday January 29

Monday February 2

Thursday February 5

Monday February 9

Thursday February 12

Monday February 16 - Family Day (TBA)

Thursday February 19

Monday February 23

Thursday February 26

Monday March 2 Thursday March 5

Monday March 9 Thursday March 12 - OFF BOOK

Monday March 16 - MARCH BREAK (TBA) Thursday March 19 - MARCH BREAK (TBA)

Monday March 23 Thursday March 26

Monday March 30 Thursday April 2 - ACT ONE

Monday April 6 - EASTER MONDAY Thursday April 9 - ACT TWO

Monday April 13 - ACT ONE Thursday April 16 - ACT TWO

Monday April 20 - FRT w/ORCHESTRA Thursday April 23 - FRT w/ORCHESTRA

Tech Rehearsals @ the Chrysler Theatre

(All CAST and CREW are needed to attend tech-week rehearsals.)

MOVE IN: Sunday April 26th (Approx.)


TECH WEEK: Monday April 27 - Thursday April 30th

Tuesday April 28 @ 6:00PM (Q2Q Rehearsal)

Wednesday April 29 @ 6:00PM (Dress Rehearsal)

Thursday April 30 @ 6:00PM (Dress Rehearsal)