Grunt work...for the good of the theater

We started the day today with some grunt work.

Rabbit Run Community Theater in Madison, the old barn theater which has hosted such luminaries as Dustin Hoffman, Hume Cronin and Jessica Tandy on its stage, is getting a bit of a facelift in term of new seating. This morning we removed all 225+ old seats, storing some at the Rabbit Run Community Arts Center building in Madison and others on-site at the theater.

The cast iron and plywood seats were very heavy, particularly the end portions of the seating row which have a large, decorative cast-iron plate. It was sad to see them go, but the new seats will be an improvement. We had a minor ulterior motive in the work detail, too: the blog-wife and I have large parts in the first two shows of the season, Born Yesterday (I’m Sen. Hedges) and Enchanted April (we’re Lottie and Mellish, respectively). For those unfamiliar with the show, Lottie is the main female character and starts the show with what amounts to a three-page monologue…Mellish is her husband, the lead male character, and should be fun to play.

Rabbit Run is an outstanding summer theater venue, known for sellout performances and top-quality productions. We’re really looking forward to getting to work on the shows.