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  • 1.  Pippin Tent

    Posted 12-18-2018 07:41

    Hi Friends!

     

    Does anyone happen to have the tent for Pippin that they would like to rent or sell?

     

    Ricardo R. Robinson-Shinall

    Colorguard Director

    Dance & Drama Teacher

    Fine Arts Dept. Chair

    Braden River High School

    robinsonr@manateeschools.net

     

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  • 2.  RE: Pippin Tent

    Posted 12-19-2018 08:19
    What tent for Pippin? I've directed it three times, twice in a proscenium theatre and once outdoors in a natural setting, and neither times did I use or was there a necessity in the script for a tent.

    Michael Bergman

    "The true purpose of arts education in not necessarily to create more professional dancers or artists. It's to create more complete human beings who are critical thinkers, who have curious minds, who can lead productive lives." -Kelly Pollock









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  • 3.  RE: Pippin Tent

    Posted 12-19-2018 08:40
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    When I directed it (in proscenium), we ran strings of Christmas lights from the ceiling over the audience to the stage to give the illusion of being under the "Big Top." We also draped back our aerial silks and added some other draped fabric, which helped as well.

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    Cassy Maxton-Whitacre
    Theatre Department Coordinator
    Fishersville VA
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  • 4.  RE: Pippin Tent

    Posted 12-20-2018 06:14
    The recent Broadway revival used a tent and made it very “circus” like! ♥️

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  • 5.  RE: Pippin Tent

    Posted 12-19-2018 11:08
    When we did a production of Volpone, we decided to stage it in a circus-like setting. We hung panels of cloth, each of a different color, next to one another to form a slightly curved upstage "wall". This not only created the sense that we were in a tent, but it provided opportunities for characters to enter and exit between the panels.

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    Michael Bergman
    Teacher/Director
    The Potomac School
    McLean, VA
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  • 6.  RE: Pippin Tent

    Posted 12-20-2018 12:54
    We just closed Pippin in mid November and we did not use a tent. We strong lights from the proscenium center out over the audience. Onstage we used our teasers and furthest upstage traveler as our tent by pulling it back to give the feel of a stage. Our set carried more of the "circus" theme as well as some circus banners around the theatre. We have costumes if you are in need of those.

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    James Fry
    Director of Student Life and the Malvern Theatre Society
    Malvern, PA
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