HISTORICAL NOTE FROM THE REIGN OF EDWARD VI (THE PRINCE)

*At the age of ten, Edward found the scepter of England committed to his hand. Three swords representing his three kingdoms were about to be carried before him at his coronation. "There lacks yet one," said Edward. When his nobles asked in perplexity what he meant, the lad replied, "The Bible. That book is the sword of the Spirit, and is to be preferred before these. It ought in all right to govern us: without it we are nothing, and can do nothing. He that rules without it is not to be called God's minister or a king." And so the Bible was carried along in the procession.

*Thanks to Dr. David Rodgers for this exert from one of his many history books: Stories of the Reformation in England and Scotland by Ruth Gordon Short, which he included in a kind note following "The Prince and The Pauper".

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This centerpiece appeared on the table recently, and I wondered, "Do I live with extremely creative people, or just really strange people?"

UNBUILDING THE SET

Nathan and David haul off the balcony.

Josiah and Phillip Houser tear stuff up.

Workers everywhere!

Mark is sabotaging the platform :-)

UNBUILDING THE SET!

"Neat Lighting", while Derek pulls something apart.

How many screw guns does it take to dismantle a set?


The Hickle guys know how to accesorize, a red gun for a red shirt . . .

. . . and a green gun with a green shirt (sort of ? )

NOW TO PUT IT ALL BACK

The guys all head to the Sower's Building a couple blocks from the theatre, where all the set components are stored.

Kenny Light as Hercules.

Stacking Flats

And now that the trailer is empty no one wants to walk two blocks back.

AND BACK AT THE THEATRE, THE GIRLS CLEAN UP THE MESS

How many brooms does it take to sweep a stage?

Conferring on stategy.

Abby and Kim "unpainting" the set.

And the guys tear up more stuff.

IT'S ALL GONE NOW

The empty stage (2 hours total time elapsed)

STRIKING THE SET

At 4:30 PM , Monday April 21st, the stage looked like this. The crew arrived . . .


and two hours later, 6:30 PM, the stage looked like . . .

this. A huge thanks to all who helped. I will post pictures of the "process" soon.

CANDID SHOTS AFTER FRIDAY'S PERFORMANCE

Joe and Adler Davidson, who win the award for bringing in more non-family audience than anyone else. They did a great job advertising.

Those Hamachers have stage presence from day one!

CANDID SHOTS AFTER FRIDAY'S PERFORMANCE

Sir Miles shares some Skittles with Lady Edith.

Emma has a flower in her hat.

Clarrisa, Tess, and Alex!

After singing through an entire performance, the cast spent another hour in the basement singing Phantom of the Opera music. (They sounded great, but we're still not going to do the musical. )

CANDID SHOTS AFTER FRIDAY'S PERFORMANCE

Adam as the Dresser and John Canty, at the same time.

The indomitable Zeke Hall!

Don't Mess with Mark!

Judy Cureton and Dawn Hall (Dawn is an organizational Genius and made 416 things (or more) run so smoothly. She has my undying debt of gratitude! She does SUCH a good job that no one even notices that she's doing it.)

CANDID SHOTS AFTER SATURDAY'S PERFORMANCE

Mark's permanent growth, Nathanael

Glory was getting very tired after Saturday's performance.

Nathan Hickle gets creative with costume combinations.

Mitch finally got to give someone a black eye (Mitch Rackers did most of the guys' make-up).

THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, FINAL REPORT

What a fantastic cast and crew! We had a wonderful run, with stellar performances and outstanding audiences. We had five different performances, all with a full house and two with standing room only (although we found places for folding chairs). Over 850 people saw the show. Joel is currently suffering from "Post-Production Depression". He's already lobbying to start the next play. Mom said he had to clean his room first.

Our amazing stage crew, tech crew, and ushers. This was a very difficult show technically and these guys pulled it off beautifully. The deserve a great deal of appreciation from the entire cast.
Isaac Eckert, Kameron Alford, Derek Ymker, Phillip Houser, Abby Ymker, Ashley Riefer, Emma Martin, Grace Mosher, Nathanael Nisbett, Hillary Brown, Christi Martin, Two lovely friends of the Martins' from Tulsa, OK, and Lizzy Martin.

The lovely young ladies. . .
Back: Clara Mosher, Cara Houser, Jenny Riefer, Rebecca Light, Anna Nisbett, Tess Hamacher, Megan Riefer, Front: Maggie Quakkelaar, Joy Nisbett, Adalie Brown, Rachel Hickle, and Clarrisa Light

and the fine young lads.
Adler Davidson, Jonathan Cureton, Gabe Quakkelar, William Rackers, Zeke Hall, Jacob Hamacher, Ben Rackers