Tech Day

Those of you who know me well probably understand the fact that I am a member of the Sparklemotion Theatre Troupe here at the University of Texas in Austin; I have done one play with them last semester, and despite the fact that I am not doing a play this semester, I still think of myself as being part of the group. So naturally, when the theatre troupe needed to complete a lot of technical work for an upcoming play, I heeded their call to arms, and rushed to the front lines to protect the motherland from the invading hordes of barbarians. When I arrived, I unfortunately discovered that I had lugged my seven foot pike for nothing, and the only thing the theatre troup needed me to do was some painting and to make legs for our sets. So I spent approximately eight to nine hours doing that, and we ended up making a huge mess: we had to do our painting and sawing inside because of rain, and I am pretty sure there is enough paint and sawdust in the Mezes hall to kill at least ten cats. Overall, I believe the group as a whole did a pretty fair job in getting stuff done, or at least, pretending to get stuff done. Maxim and I fashioned five legs for the sets, which were expertly designed and crafted, as we made them with the intent of being able to withstand the weight of "approximately fifty cats." Below are some pictures of the event, as well as another "UT ex-sighting" (haha, get it!? exciting + sighting???).