Did you know that unlike many other theater organizations, CCTL starts to build their sets less than one week before we open?
This means the entire rehearsal process is done without a stage until six days before opening night. Those six days are commonly known in the theatrical world as "Hell Week", and boy do we know it.
It is a challenge for the entire crew, designers and cast. Although we do not choose this insanely short period of time, we have managed it for decades.
Thankfully we are no longer challenged by the restrictions from COVID.
[knocks on wood, clears throat and spins around]
The regulations are constantly in flux..... but as always nothing holds us back.
Of Mice and Men
Act I, Scene I
Set Designer: Sarah Schuetz
The Legacy of Baker Street
On Demand Test Run
(Viewable now on YouTube)
Scenic Designer: Kirsten Jorgensen Smith
This Random World
"The Not So Great Diner" scene
Scenic Designer: Pam Bennett
(and yes, we made it rain on the set.)
The Savannah Sipping Society
Front Porch
Scenic Designer: H L Smith
The Organist's Daughter
Set Designer: Lynn Fleming
Incorruptible
Center Stage part of set
Scenic Designer: Pam Bennett
Steel Magnolias
Set Designer: Chuck Kite
The Runner Stumbles
Act II
Scenic Designer: Kirsten Jorgensen Smith and H L Smith
Becky Shaw
Hotel room with Cafe sign
Scenic Designer: H L Smith
And Then There Were None
center stage part of set that went across the whole building
Set Designer: Chuck Kite
Picnic
Set Designer: Chuck Kite
Barefoot in the Park