Spotlight May-June 2019
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Midland Community Theatre Stephen Bird<br />
Midland Community Theatre’s production of Sweeney Todd<br />
cases your craft. There are all kinds of logistics to overcome for<br />
the Design entries – a 30” by 36” display space, shipping options<br />
or lugging everything through the airport. But it was worth every<br />
penny spent on transportation and every moment agonizing over<br />
selections. We wanted people to poke at the ball of dough and<br />
shudder at the gory meat grinder, to see the inspiration for the<br />
meat pies and note how they worked in an action photo from the<br />
show, to grip a razor and know how the blood traveled easily to<br />
the throat without harming a single actor . . .<br />
Getting feedback from the adjudicators was incredible! This<br />
was an unexpected delight after working for 30 years in show<br />
business. To know how others saw my designs – the attention<br />
to detail, planning out how actors would work with them,<br />
and the appreciation for the craftsmanship. It was heaven.” <br />
Tracy accepts her award from AACT 2017 Design Competition coordinators Rich<br />
Gannon and Bob Frame<br />
aact.org/design19 for details<br />
<strong>May</strong>/<strong>June</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
AACT <strong>Spotlight</strong><br />
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