The Great Green Room Cleanout 2022
Theatre West has been performing plays at its current location for over 40 years. We can’t say for sure when the last time was that we completed a full clean out of the green room. It was way past time to do so. With our task mistress, Bonnie Ross, driving the project, it was certain to get done. However, it would never have reached a successful end without many volunteers stopping by over a 4 week period. Thank you to all who gave a little or a lot of your time. Just look at what we accomplished.
- Lumber and paint storage moved to a single location – what a concept!
- A shop area was established for all the tools, both big and small.
- The back kitchen is cleaned and usable, complete with refrigerator and microwave.
- Back bathroom is once again clean and usable without being scary.
- All varieties of set furniture is neatly stored in back room
- We have established a special “chair corner” in the green room
- All prop storage is now in the green room
- Carpets and rugs are horizontally stored in green room
- Holiday lights and decorations tested, sorted and labeled for storage and easy retrieval
- The script library is now clearly designated and accessible – over 600 scripts!
- New aisles make all items easy to access for removal AND returning to its place
- Costumes have a new offsite storage area where they will stay cleaner and remain organized
We found some things, too:
- Six electrical outlets that had been block, but now will be easy to use
- An additional storeroom !!
- Multiple fog machines, electric fire logs, assorted props and space heaters.
Of course we tossed a few things:
Instead of listing all the things that were tossed or donated, we can just say we regained more than 20 cubic feet of space, maybe way more.
THANK YOU
North Lincoln Sanitary Service and
all the volunteers who helped make this clean out happen
quickly and pretty efficiently.
