MFHS "Harvey" set a work of art, and a lot of work
Students in theater tech at Marble Falls High School use a variety of tools and skills to build sets for student productions.
By Emily Hilley-Sierzchula
Many folks might not be aware of what went into the set on which Marble Falls High School (MFHS) thespians perform their fall show “Harvey” on opening night, tonight, Thursday, Oct. 22.
“We’ve gotten many scrapes, cuts, bruises and busted lips, mostly on me,” said Stephanie Ellis, MFHS theater tech paraprofessional, Oct. 15. She was sporting, well, a busted lip as a souvenir from a morning trip to the lumber yard.
“This is the most challenging set I’ve ever built,” Ellis said. She’s had a hand in close to 100 sets since college. “And this is the one that’s been giving me fits.”
It takes a crew of renaissance men and women wielding a virtually endless variety of tools and skills, from designing and drawing the set, using a circular saw to cut the lumber, to painting and puzzling through problems.
Especially that last one.
“We do a lot of problem-solving,” Ellis said. Routine are issues with sight lines and space, but the rotating “Harvey” set kicked it up a notch.
For more on this story and photos of students in action, see The Highlander, Friday, Oct. 23.
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People can catch “Harvey” (and marvel at its set) Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for adults.
The MFHS theatre department is also in the Halloween spirit with “Fright Night Theatre: Asylum.” It will be held beneath Salem’s Jewelry (at the corner of U.S. 281 and 6th Street in Marble Falls), Wednesday, Oct. 28-Thursday, Oct. 29, 7-10 p.m.; and Friday, Oct. 30-Saturday, Oct. 31, 7-11 p.m.
Tickets are $7 at the door.
