PLANNING SHEETS:
Lobby Map
Cardboard Cutouts
Photoshoot Areas
The first step for planning the lobby involved creating a map that outlined different sections that we needed to decorate. This allows us to keep track of how many table clothes, props, and centerpieces we needed.
Photoshoot Areas
Cardboard Cutouts
Photoshoot Areas
We wanted multiple photoshoot areas throughout the lobby, and so we created a specific list of all the materials we needed to order/create.
Cardboard Cutouts
Cardboard Cutouts
Cardboard Cutouts
To decorate the pillars, we wanted CARDBOARD CUTOUTS! Instead of ordering them, however, we made it our plan to make them ourselves!
Cardboard Cutouts
Printing Images
Ali and AJ's Sweatshop
Ali and AJ's Sweatshop
The first step to DIY cardboard cutouts was splitting our images into 36 sheets of paper! It was very difficult figuring out how to properly align the images.
Ali and AJ's Sweatshop
Ali and AJ's Sweatshop
Ali and AJ's Sweatshop
AJ and Ali turned their study hall into a sweatshop where they cut and taped for hours. Their backs and hands still hurt to the day, LOL!
AJ Cutting and Taping
Ali and AJ's Sweatshop
Printing Again at the MakerSpace
After cutting, we placed the pieces together like a puzzle and taped them properly. You could still see the crease lines...so it wasn't working as well as we wanted it to.
Printing Again at the MakerSpace
Printing Again at the MakerSpace
Printing Again at the MakerSpace
Ali took a visit to the downtown library to see if their MakerSpace printers could print life-sized cutouts, and they could! It took over six hours of printing but it was TOTALLY worth it!
Cutting Again!
Printing Again at the MakerSpace
Cutting Again!
After printing the new versions, AJ and Ali got back to cutting AGAIN. We would use our breaks during rehearsal to get them done! We had to cut cardboard out too...
Final Product!
Printing Again at the MakerSpace
Cutting Again!
Make sure you take a look at the final product of these in the lobby- there is a total of fourteen! AND we used the "mess-up" versions to decorate the restrooms!
DISPLAY CASE
Final Product
The final product turned out better than we could've ever imagined. Everything within the display case was created by Ali, Elaina, and AJ, and all of the props on the inside were sourced from the props closests and our homes to keep expenses from getting to high! Make sure you take a closer look at some of the silly notes on the papers in the back!
Planned Sketch
Elaina sketched a design of the display in her notebook so that we could have something to refer to as we put the display case together. The colors in the back were originally supposed to blue, but we decide to make it pink after realizing that pink was a better representation of the show!
Putting it Together
Elaina used multiple study halls to staple the pink background, posters, and names onto the back of the display case. The most difficult part was hand painting circles in a diagonal line to add dimension to the display case.
SPotlight organization: Dress for Success
What is a Spotlight Organization?
With every show at Mercy McAuley, we select one non-profit organization to support. Because 9 to 5 is tied so closely to women in the workforce, we thought that Dress for Success would be the perfect organization to highlight. This program gives women the proper clothing and personal items to succeed in both interviews and in the workforce, and we contacted them personally to learn about the best way to help. They informed us that they were in great need of personal care items, so we made it a goal within our community to collect over 925 items (Get it? because of 9 to 5!) We made social media posts, weekly school announcements, and organized a collection bin for everyone in the school to contribute! There is a section of our lobby dedicated to informing audience members about this program.
How You Can Help:
If you want to learn about the ways you can help this incredible organization, just click the button below!