[SML] Stagecraft -Terra Nova production

[Ruth Neeman]

Thank you all for the swift responses.
Sorry for not trimming… Makes so much sense.
If there is a sled hiding anywhere that we can borrow - Please let me know.
Thanks again!

 








Ruth Neeman
www.setbyruthneeman.com




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>   1. Re:  In the Heights roller shutter / gate (Wayne Rasmussen)
>   2.  Stagecraft Digest Question about TERRA NOVA (Ruth Neeman)
>   3. Re:  Stagecraft Digest Question about TERRA NOVA (Bill Conner)
>   4. Re:  Stagecraft Digest Question about TERRA NOVA (Steven Hood)
>   5. Re:  Stagecraft Digest Question about TERRA NOVA (taco at peak.org)
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> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 11:16:50 -0400
> From: Ruth Neeman <ruth at setbyruthneeman.com>
> To: Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> Subject: [SML] Stagecraft Digest Question about TERRA NOVA
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> Hello
> Is anyone on the list familiar or has been involved in a production of Terra Nova by Ted Tally - The story of the race to the south pole between Scott and Amundsen?
> Working on ideas how to portray the Antarctic landscape as well as looking for someone that may have access to the sled prop that is needed for this play.
> The play will be produced in early 2019.
> Any thoughts are welcome.
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> Ruth Neeman
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> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 10:32:23 -0500
> From: Bill Conner <billconnerastc at gmail.com>
> To: Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
> Subject: Re: [SML] Stagecraft Digest Question about TERRA NOVA
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> Please don't reply to digest without trimming.
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> I actually worked - a tiny bit - on the first production in the YSD Ex.
> As I recall, there was only the slides and lots of what I think was a white
> netting used for farming tobacco.  It was the slides, great sound design,
> and lighting that made it.
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> Sorry - I can't help with your specific requests.  Nice to see it has
> continued interest.
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> Bill Conner Fellow of the ASTC
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> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 08:41:10 -0700
> From: Steven Hood <shood_td at yahoo.com>
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> Subject: Re: [SML] Stagecraft Digest Question about TERRA NOVA
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> We did Terra Nova at Chico State back in the mid 90s. The set was all 
> miscellaneous sized decks with sacrificial surfaces, which were slathered 
> with a mix of wallboard compound and glue, IIRC, which the crew spread with 
> various texture trowels, then painted white. They may still have the sled, 
> but I'm not sure. The TD who was there at the time has since retired.
> Hth,
> Steven R Hood
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> On August 26, 2018 8:24:24 AM Ruth Neeman via Stagecraft 
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> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 09:49:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: taco at peak.org
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> Subject: Re: [SML] Stagecraft Digest Question about TERRA NOVA
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> Just did a Readers Theater production with nothing but cheap thin white cotton blankets hung on the walls, some rehearsal boxes, and a piece of plywood with furniture glides and a length of rope. The men wore grey hoodies and thin black finger-tip-less gloves. 
> The fully staged production I saw decades ago built some iceberg wall shapes and brought in the local Sprayfoam guy. They said he was amazing. He looked it over, made some suggestions, came back later and whipped it out in minutes. It looked great. 
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