Producer/Designer:- Susan Gubsch
Scenic Artist:- Claudia Elliot helped by Oriana Parker, Amy Radoslovich, Jennie Calahan and Marla Bailey.
Sets constructed by:- Shane Quinn, Bill Bailey, Terry Fike, Jim Fletcher, Chris Fletcher, Brian Landes, and Steve Niccum.
Performed by the drama students at Cashmere High School, Washington, USA, January 2006.

Claudia Elliot writes..."This truck set piece had to do three jobs since our stage is small:
The outside and, when folded open, the inside of Tevye's house (see previous page): and the back, shown here, which served as the inside of the tailor's shop

I made the ironing board out of foam core and got the iron for $5 at a junk store. If you look closely at the village backdrop, (Below) you will notice a door that looks just like this door....since it's supposed to be the exterior door of the tailor's shop".

THE BACKCLOTH
Claudia writes...."Here's the 30'x14' backdrop which I based on reproductions of two of Chagall's paintings of his childhood village in Russia at the same time period that Shalom Alleichem was writing his stories from which they created the play. You probably know that they got the title from another one of Chagall's paintings.
I thought it would be pretty cool to display some terrific art....Chagall's, not mine. Unfortunately I had a fall on the ice the week before I was to begin this backdrop so had my arm in a sling for two weeks and drew and painted left-handed, but with the help of a couple of "moms" and two former students [one just home for the weekend from Italy] We got the backdrop done.
I had to distort the painting of Chagall's "Uncle's Store" on the right, to make it in scale with the students acting in front of it. We lopped off a little of the bottom of the second story and made the doors taller and wider.
I also had to change the signs to read "butcher shop," "inn" and "tailor's shop." I looked up the words in Russian and threw in a little humor on the 2nd from the right by writing "Thanks, Chagall" in Russian as well....that's what I love about doing this

This painting is on plywood and in about two weeks it will all be covered beneath whatever the 6th grade will be doing for their annual play...ah well. Someday I may get to put one on a canvas that we can roll up and roll out and look at again sometime."