There has been a rash of activity in the USM Scene Shop lately, but it isn’t because of any pressing deadlines or a sudden need for flats. The newest craze for the cast and crew of Eurydice is stilts.
While Tom is the only actor who uses stilts in the show, once it was discovered that building stilts is fairly easy, some of the other actors and designers decided to make their own under the tutelage of Perry Fertig, USM’s Technical Director. Perry has years of experience with stilts and generously helped anyone interested in making and walking on their own pair. The stilts Tom uses in Eurydice, at three feet tall, are already pretty scary to watch, but the pair Perry used for demonstration were nothing short of terrifying.
They are five feet tall and in them Perry is a towering 11 feet tall. Thankfully none of the students’ stilts are taller than three feet; Eurydice director Meghan Brodie is already concerned that Eurydice (Madelyn James) will literally break a leg using her stilts.
The stilts certainly keep everyone entertained, especially now that our sound designer, James Futter, has figured out how to duck under the Scene Shop door on his stilts and wander around the theatre. Apparently he even managed to convince Rich, our custodian, to put a pair of stilts on and take a few steps.Blog by Alice Hofgren, Eurydice Dramaturg and Assistant Stage Manager
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