Video: How to build a tree in 'Native Gardens'

DCPA Theatre Company Charge Scenic Artist Jana Mitchell talks about the creative challenges that came with building a massive 30-foot indoor tree for the first-ever staging of Karen Zacarías' celebrated comedy 'Native Gardens.' The play centers on two neighboring couple at odds over their property line - and the presence of a massive oak tree that one couple loves but aggravates the other when it drops its leaves, nuts and branches on the other side of the fence. Because the play is being staged in the round, Scenic Designer Lisa M. Orzolek could not simply place the tree in the middle of the set because audiences would not be able to see much of the pay. Mitchell explains how they solved that, and other nuts. Performances of the play, directed by Lisa Portes, run through through May 6, 2018, in the Space Theatre. For more information, call 303-893-4100 or go to denvercenter.org. Video by David Lenk and John Moore for the DCPA NewsCenter.

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Thank you for post this video. I was wondering if you have pictures of the tree prior to skinning with the bug warping so I can see the interior structure? Also what mix did you user for the mache recipe? Was it Flour and Glue or just Glue?