Cabaret - Co-Props - Otterbein University - 2023
Knowing this would be the last show I propped in my time in college I used this show to train an underclassmen on everything I knew.
Director: Lenny Leibowitz Scenic Design: Isaac Ramsey Lighting Design: Jonathan Spencer Co-Props: Natalie Neville Costume Design: Thomas Martin Photos by: Isaac Ramsey and Jonathan Spencer
The director wanted a over foot tall, plush, light up pineapple. Surprisingly those are not readily sold, so I made a pattern and sewed my own.
In the background of this picture you can see the young pineapple thriving in its natural habitat
Sally Bowels on the bed I built and rigged air castors to
I did some brief research to find a German Newspaper to then print on newsprint
This is just a baller picture where the lighting highlights the profile of the cased typewriter we bought
And see this is just a precious picture
To my surprise the most realistic looking pineapple for a stage is in fact a real pineapple
Of course we had to research to make sure we had period accurate phones for the Kit Kat Club
Ordering an antique gramophone means learning to restore an antique gramophone, and briefing both of the double cast Emcees on how to use said gramophone