Animal Wrangler

This cool cat starred in Stop Kiss

Rehearsal with Animals

Assistant Directing a cat into a scene for Stop Kiss

Rehearsal for Stop Kiss

Improved rehearsal space to work separately from director with a side scene.

Blood Runs

Testing a blood run from a bleeding swan prop for the show Bog of Cats written by Marina Carr.

Big Bird

The Beautiful Swan had to bleed and stop bleeding on physical command of the actors and crew.

Another View

Blood Recipe Supplies

Supplies from an original fake blood recipe for props from Bog of Cats. This recipe included laundry detergent, red food coloring, chocolate syrup, and clear corn syrup and had to be washed out of three different wedding dresses after each run of the show.

Testing Blood

Testing thickness of blood recipe and how it runs on an angle.

Original Wedding Cake

Made from foam for the wedding in Bog of Cats. Designed to match an original bouquet and sparkly wedding dress of the bride.

Close-Up

Fake Knife

This is the first prototype of knife that needed to slice an actors throat seen by the audience and spew blood.

Place Setting

This is for the wedding scene of 'Bog of Cats.'

9ft Table

A custom 9ft table lowered to work with already owned benches for the wedding banquet scene in Bog of Cats.

Mrs. Kilbride's Hat

She needed to upstage the already very bejeweled bride. Tasteful for the age of an older than middle-aged woman.

Back of Hat

Started with just the simple white shell of the hat. All jewels, adornments and the train we're added by hand.

Bling on the Boots

Bedazzled a pair of white boots to add to the tackiness of the character Audrey for a modern portrayal of 'As You Like It' written by William Shakespeare.

Bling on Jacket

Hand jeweled a wedding jacket for Audrey as a bride to go with her boots in 'As You Like It.'

Bling on Shorts

Hand glued jewels to the back pockets of a pair of short for the Audrey character in 'As You Like It.'

Original Bouquet

Bouquet of Venus Fly Traps for Phoebe in 'As You Like It.'

Another View

Venus Fly Traps were created from breaking down plastic spoons and adding earthy flowers.

Masks

These masks were hand drawn and copied for a mask workshop I taught in a lab curriculum for Centenary's Theatre Department.