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Black Hills Playhouse​

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Summer 2026

Scenic Artist

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SHOWS

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The Complete History of America (Abridged)

1776

Come from Away

What the Constitution Means to Me

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Black Hills Playhouse • Season 80 Theatre 605 Black Hills Playhouse joins in the celebration of the United States’ Semiquincentennial, also known as the 250th Anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence

The Complete History of America (Abridged)​​

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Scenic Work

Flag Unit

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  • Projection-supported flag cartooning

  • Two-color sponging for timeline 

  • Laying in red and blue colors

  • Adding shadows with purple glaze

  • Detail painting for timeline numbers

  • Linework for outline of flag and stars

Balustrades​

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  • Laying in purple tones

  • Purple spatter

  • Detail painting linework

Frames

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  • Detail painting with shadows and linework to match cartoon-look

Sign

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  • Detail painted signs for each show.

Final Show Photos​

1776​

Scenic Work

Sign

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  • Detail painted signs for each show.

Mural Walls

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  • Light grey color added with pneumatic sprayer on dark grey walls

  • Projection-supported cartooning of detailed figures in charcoal

  • Outlined with paint and water to have variation in transparency

  • Detailed shadows added with glaze 

Rough Wood Grain

  • Technique done on Mantel, Cornice, Bench, and and YEA NAY Sign

  • Two color wet blend

  • Brown wood grain for detail

  • Dark brown glaze to darken

Wagons + Platforms Floors​​

  • Two color wet blend

  • Sharpie to add 4" boards

  • Fine brown wood grain

  • Dark brown glaze to darken

  • Different colored glazes on one wagon for board variety

Other​​

  • Wagon wall, Fireplace, Lamp Post

  • ​Wagon Wall: Wet wood graining on solid color

  • Fireplace: Sponging on brick colors. Adding a "Soot" glaze on top in layers.

  • Lamp Post: Watered down metallic colors added to black lamp post

Final Show Photos​

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Come From Away​

Scenic Work

Sign

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  • Detail painted signs for each show.

Window Light Boxes​​

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  • Wood graining with different color pairs.

PLATFORMS + RAMPS

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  • Gray base

  • 3 color wet blend: yellow, green, purple

  • Spatter drags with yellow and purples

  • Navy glaze

  • Paynes gray glaze

  • Flat purple lines

TREES​​

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  • Muslin covered builder board, attached with watered-down glue

  • Gray, black, and white wet-blended to add depth

  • Purple sprayed and brushed on for shadows

  • White sprayed on for highlights

FLOOR​​

  • Gray base

  • 3 color wet blend: yellow, green, purple

  • Spatter drags with yellow, brown, and purples

  • ​Navy glaze

  • Paynes gray glaze

GANDER SIGN​​

  • ​Flat blue background

  • Flat brown lettering

  • Wood grained borders

Final Show Photos​

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What the Constitution Means to Me

Scenic Work

WALLS​​

  • 2 color wet blend

  • 2 color wood graining

  • Mahogany glaze

  • Sharpied boards

  • Highlight lines on individual boards

FLOOR​​

  • Brown base

  • 2 colors added with texture rollers

  • Dark green glaze

Final Show Photos​

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