This production of Chicago was directed by Carol Roscoe and scenic designed by Jordan Couper, with properties design and properties construction by me.
This production was cancelled due to the COVID19 Pandemic. We were unable to continue this process and the process was cancelled two weeks before the tech process and staged photos were taken by Winnie Westergard, shop photos by myself.
The material featured within this page is a set of chairs and tables created for this show and a piano heavily modified to fit within choreography and directing needs.
The chairs and tables were entirely made from 1/2” hollow square steel, 1” hollow square steel and 3/4” pine. The chairs were a seat height of 17” and the tables were 3’ x 5’ and 30” tall.
This baby grand piano started as a semi-functional piano and was emptied of the soundboard, hammer mechanisms and keys. It was then re-enforced for standing and sitting within the base, stripped and re-painted.
An image of in process welding of the pair of chairs.
Myself sitting at the custom table with the chair for scale against the "Lady Justice" figure. (it was too small)
The back of the chair cooling to be welded onto the base.
One of the chairs at its final stage of welding!
Chairs sitting on top of the matching table set created for Chicago.
An inside image of the piano with the Paint Supervisor sitting within.
The piano on it's rolling base with the Paint Supervisor sitting inside, and the lid being held open.
The outer shell of the piano with the hammers cut apart and removed, ready for reinforcement.
The sounding board and the hammer mechanism, removed from the piano.
The scraps from the keys that were cut to be removed from the piano, and some change found within the piano (37 cents)