Build day for ‘The Pajama Game’ is a team effort
Two weeks before the opening of Howard County Summer Theater’s production of “The Pajama Game,” the backstage of Mt.
Hebron High School was bustling with activity. The smell of fresh cut wood and paint filled the air and the sound of hammering echoed through the halls.
It was build day.
“This is the time we put in a lot of effort to make it look effortless,” said Chuck Bagley, producer of the show, as cast and crew members worked to create a factory, an office and other scenes from the 1954 musical with a book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.
“When the curtain opens, it looks like it all came together by magic.”
For 26 seasons, Pete Johnson has overseen the construction of the summer theater’s sets as well as Mt. Hebron’s drama club’s. A machinist by trade, Johnson admits he has always enjoyed building See BUILD, page 6
Hebron High School was bustling with activity. The smell of fresh cut wood and paint filled the air and the sound of hammering echoed through the halls.
It was build day.
“This is the time we put in a lot of effort to make it look effortless,” said Chuck Bagley, producer of the show, as cast and crew members worked to create a factory, an office and other scenes from the 1954 musical with a book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell with music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.
“When the curtain opens, it looks like it all came together by magic.”
For 26 seasons, Pete Johnson has overseen the construction of the summer theater’s sets as well as Mt. Hebron’s drama club’s. A machinist by trade, Johnson admits he has always enjoyed building See BUILD, page 6
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