Pacific Conservatory Theatre
Director: Roger DeLaurier & Keenon Hooks
Set Design: Jason Bolen
Costume Design: Thomas J. Bernard
Lighting Design: Michael Palumbo
Scenic Charge: Abby Hogan
Assistant Scenic Charge: Natasha D’Amico
Marion Theatre & Solvang Festival Theatre Summer 2025
Production photos by Luis Escobar
For my second show as an intern with the Pacific Conservatory Theatre, the theme was wood, wood, and more wood. Our paints team executed several different varieties of wood treatments to distinguish between the different levels of wealth and prestige enjoyed by the various colorful characters in Something Rotten, ranging from a banged-up bench for the destitute Bottom brothers to an anachronistic festival stage for studly rockstar William Shakespeare. I also got to work on an absolutely massive drop for this show, which was a challenge and a delight. Keep scrolling for more photos of the team at work and the gorgeous production, courtesy of PCPA.
Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
Completed stage for Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
Working on base coat for cobblestone deck
Completed deck panels
Stage deck in Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
Wooden bench base coat
Wooden bench with grain and distressing
Wooden bench detail
Wooden barrel in progress
Completed distressed wooden barrel (awaiting metal treatment)
Brick treatment in progress
Completed brick treatment
Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
Wood grain detail for Shakespeare's stage deck
Shakespeare's stage deck, ready for production
Shakespeare's stage in Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
Completed grain (left) and base coat (right)
Judge dais in progress
Judge dais in Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
Painting Elizabethan village backdrop
Backdrop on stage
Theatre exterior in progress
Theatre exterior in Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
Party tent
Party tent detail
Piping window grates
Completed window grates
Window grates detail
Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
Something Rotten @ PCPA, 2025
