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The next production to be performed in BDACT’s Encore Hall will be Radium Girls, which tells the story of the women who painted clock dials for U.S. Radium Corp. in the first half of the 20th century. BDACT Production Coordinator David Alan Smith talked to Radium Girls director Rhiannyn McCauley about some of her stage design choices for the show.

On the first day of my first acting class in college, the students were asked to think about actors we had heard of or seen on stage, TV or in a film. The question from the teacher was, “Who do you think you are like?”

For any play, the set is an important part of the storytelling, but for a show like The Play That Goes Wrong, the set is less a backdrop and more a member of the cast.

It will come as no surprise to anyone when I say humans are, by their nature, storytellers. You could spend an entire series of courses at a university studying why that’s true. It all boils down to the telling of stories being as old as mankind itself, and as being an essential way to share information with each other.

Those of you familiar with live theatre will no doubt understand the enormity and complexity of those two words. If you are less familiar with community theatre, allow me to offer a bit of an explanation.

The world of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is perfect for whimsical, elaborate props. For its staging of the musical this summer, the BDACT production crew leaned in to the task, which included designing a life-size prop horse that could be ridden by Prince Topher.