June Employee Highlight – Zoe

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  Ring Ring, thanks for calling the Tuacahn Box Office, this is Zoe! Our Box Office agents help patrons purchase tickets and answer any other question they might have in regard to Tuacahn. Zoe is one of our wonderful Box Office agents, get to know her below. How Long have you worked at/been with Tuacahn? I have worked at Tuacahn …

Experiencing live theater through another lens

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  Everyone knows the best way to enjoy a Tuacahn musical production is live and in person, but capturing those moments with photography and videography plays an important part in the overall experience too. From promotional marketing shots to freezing just the right moment in time through a camera lens, there are two people who do a lot of work behind the …

Dressed for success: Costume shop creations add depth, beauty to each production

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  The early days of building costumes for Tuacahn’s summer productions is a little bit like a treasure hunt. Armed with the costume designer’s ideas and illustrations, Faith Brown, costume shop manager, and others on her team, comb through stores, flea markets, fabric samples and online offerings, searching for the perfect piece of cloth. Finding just the right color and …

A Hair Above the Rest

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Tuacahn’s productions are known for their spectacular technical craftsmanship, but one craft can almost go unnoticed especially when it’s done right: wigs and artificial hair pieces. Wigs, which are essential to creating believable characters and bringing the story to life, allow the actors to quickly transform into different characters, ages, or time periods, all while maintaining a cohesive look amongst …

The dream coat

The Coat of our Dreams

Tuacahn Staff 2022 Broadway Season, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Costumes, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 2 Comments

Here’s a sneak peek at the Technicolor Dreamcoat! 😍🌈 The fabrics in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat are meant to represent cultures from the “cradle of circulation” meaning…, Morroco to Thailand. The skirt is a pinwheel compromised of 32 colors! Go, go, go Ryan Moller our Costume Designer, and Heather Oles our Assistant Costume Designer! Joseph & the Amazing …

Wig from School of Rock

Wigs – All the Hairy Details

Lisa Larson Beauty and The Beast, Costumes, School of Rock, Technical, The Count of Monte Cristo 3 Comments

It’s one of the few things that can truly change a person’s appearance in a matter of minutes. But when you see it on stage, you might not realize it’s there. Wig Master Cheyenne Holbert gives all the hairy details behind the hundreds of wigs at Tuacahn in this month’s Backstage Notes spotlight. “…a multitude of wigs to tell the …