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Another look at the Belles lobby display.

The theatre before the set was built -- make shift settings for rehearsal.

The first cast member, confirmed in his role (that of Huckle) months before the show opened.

Huckle again

The set from down stage right, aka Rosanne's entrance.

The set from up center stage right, aka Paige's entrance.

The set from up stage right, aka Aneece's entrance.

The set from up center stage left, aka Peggy's entrance.

The set from down stage left, aka Audrey's entrance.

Building the Set Set construction with Guild president Carol Finley.

Building the Set Volunteer Chris Krieger along with Carol.

Building the Set Carol works on Aneece's wall, while Chris makes Aneece's bed.

Building the Set Greg Smith added into the mix -- far right.

Building the Set Chris and Greg.

Peggy's phone; the first one to be used.

Aneece's phone; the first one to ring. I bought this one for my home -- it just stayed at the Guild for several weeks before finally getting to my place.

Roseanne's phone

Audrey's phone. This one was from my office area at home. It is now a Guild prop. I have a new phone.

Dust's (aka Sherry's) phone. This one gave us technical fits as there is a ring delay to all cordless phones that interfered with one instantaneous cue.

Paige's phone with her answering machine sneaking in on the right.

Aneece's entrance, up stage. A view back into it the audience did not have.

The alcove of Aneece's bedroom, just at her entrance way -- off frame to the right.

Whole shot of Aneece's space, her apartment bedroom. A bit of Paiges dormroom in frame at bottom left; some of Sherry's (Dust's) bedroom on the right; a tad of Peggy's sitting room in the bottom right.

Just inside Paige's stage entrance for a look back stage, with her golf bag pre-set for her entrance into the story. That is the back of Aneece's bedroom window, at the top of the picture.

Paige's entrance into her dormroom, just down stage from Aneece's apartment bedroom, all in the actors' up right portion of the stage area. That's Aneece's night stand in the picture's top right corner.

Full view of Paige's dormroom. Aneece's and Dust's spaces are in the background and Peggy's rocker is seen in her own space at stage left.

Roseanne's kitchen. Audrey's kitchen is behind Roseanne's.

Audrey's kitchen; Roseanne's kitchen behind; Paige's dormroom behind that; Annece's bedroom behind that; a smidge of Peggy's room beside Paige's dorm (top right of picture).

Peggy's sitting room. Behind her phone and rocker is Paige's bed in her dorm. Behind/above that is Aneece's bed. Top right of picture: a little bit of the purple of Dust's bedroom.

Back stage view of the entrance to Dust's bedroom.

Dust's bedroom. Aneece's is picture left; Peggy's is down on the right of frame; Paige's is off frame down in front of Dust's, from this perspective.

Belles lobby display, again

Belles back stage

A production sheet on the wall off stage from Aneece's space. OK, technically the notes are actually written on the wall....

The button bank for the six phones. Sound operator Bob Mills pushed these to ring each (and I did, too, the week I subbed on sound).

The sound deck in the booth, under the show-run blue light. The sound effects for this show : the voice's on the answering machine, Aneece's cell phone ring, a busy signal, rain & thunder, the scene transition music.

Belles set as seen from the booth -- sound operator Bob's view.

The Dayton Theatre Guild light board

The view of the Belles set from light operator Anita Bachmann's eyes.

The back stage hallway leading to Aneece's entrance.

Aneece's bedroom again

Aneece's lap top -- notice it is a Toshiba playing the role of an Apple.

Aneece's upstage bedside with the night stand holding her phone.

Aneece's counter

Paige's dormroom again. Her bed in the lower left of frame; her desk dead on. Roseanne's kitchen just beyond that.

Paige's desk in her dormroom. Roseanne's kitchen table in the background.

Paige's bookshelf

A closer look at Paige's bookshelf. The majority of those books are mine, most from my own college days.

Paige's golf trophies. The two on either side were on loan from Steck and Steven's Trophy and Engraving of Beavercreek, Ohio. The middle one, hiding behind the conk shell was loaned by Dr. James Sayer, chair of the Communication department at Wright State University.

The entrance to Roseanne's kitchen. Audrey's kitchen is picture right. Paige's dormroom is up stage right; Peggy's sitting room is on Paige's stage left; and Dust's bedroom is above those.

Another angle of Roseanne's kitchen. A dab of Audrey's picture left. Peggy's sitting room sneaks in picture right with Paige's dormroom behind Peggy's.

Roseanne's kitchen again

The Belles set as seen again from Audrey's entrance. Of course, Audrey's kitchen is up front (down stage left). Along the left stage line is Peggy's sitting room and Dust's bedroom above that. Stage right of Peggy's, Paige's dormroom and Aneece's bedroom above that.

Huckle, at home in Mom's (Audrey's) kitchen.

Audrey;s photograoh of her little Huckle-Buckle on his rocking horse -- the prop being conceived and executed by the Belle in Audrey's skin, actor Heather Martin. Note the marksmanship gun trophys setting behind the frame. Both those also on loan from Steck and Stevens.

Audrey's kitchen again

The sideboard in Peggy's sitting room. It sits in front of the room's window (suggested). Peggy sees the window and her street beyond it, while we see Roseanne's kitchen table just beyond the sideboard.

Peggy's counter. Of the props dressing the counter, the jewelry box was my mother's and the family portrait down top the far left of the frame is my oldest nephew's family.

Peggy's wall. Most of these pictures were brought in by cast and crew. The bottom middle picture, the black-and-white, is of me and my cousin Greg. I was about six, Greg twelve.

Sherry's "Dust's" bedroom. There are a lot of set dressing contributions from me up there.

I got the fairy queen at Dingleberry's music store in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Three artworks actually by me. They are printouts of illustrations I did for poets at the WriteGallery proper. Click here for a better look at them.

The poster, frame left, I brought in from a schoolastic science magazine. Frame right, another illustration by me. Click here for a better look at it.

Got John & Lady Liberty at Dingleberry's, too.

On top, more art work by me. Click here.

Clearer look at the poster, from another science magazine. Notice the caption. When I came across it I knew it was perfect for Dust's wall. Picture right is a dream catcher, courtesy of Tierney Deaton (aka Paige Walker).

Dust's short table from the perspective of, perhaps Dust.

Belles display, again

At the Belles strike, an unidentified Belles light operator as well as light designer Terry Ronald.

The elborate Belles set is disappearing. left in the middle of the picture is Katrina Kittle.

And more comes down. Stage Manager Brian Buttrey points something out to Debra A. Kent.

That used to be Paige's bed.

Belles lobby display, one more time

NOW FOR SOME PSYCHADELIA ALA DUST (MOSTLY)

Dust's bedroom

Fairy Queen

Dust's short table

David, the Fairy Queen, and a another piece of art by me.

Huckle

Okay, this is not psychadelia, but here it is. It's Dust's dream catcher -- which, of course, is really Ms. Deaton's.