Finished

Yesterday Tech Guy and I started a project to make the theatre look much better. We painted the proscenium of the stage. Wall to wall, ceiling to floor. It was a ton of work and a large undertaking. We weren't able to find a boom lift that was light enough to fit on the stage safely so we had to build scaffolding.

We started on the stage and masked up the curtains above the stage, in fact we masked up the entire opening of the stage. Then other volunteers including The Date and Thing 2, and Art Professor draped plastic from the lights to the floor in front of the stage to prevent over spray on the seats.

We started after work yesterday and finished up around midnight, then started once again this morning at ten and finished up around four. It's been a big project but the theatre looks much better now! The audience will enjoy it much better, and the casts and crew will feel better putting on shows with a better looking stage!

It was tough and frankly we encountered problems with the top layer of scaffolding, it wouldn't fit because of the ceiling. So Tech Guy stood on the top layer with no safety rails while I held a rope and he leaned out and painted the wall beneath the ceiling. It was very dangerous work but he was man enough to step up and handle it! I was positive I wasn't able to do it. I was pretty unnerved this morning in fact when it came time to get the paint on the wall.

All in all though it went well and we got it finished! Job well done!