Wig Heads and Spinning Wheels and Mesopotamian Sandals, Oh My!

Hey guys, me again! Back with an adventure-filled blog post about my endeavors with Opera Roanoke's "Production Office" over at the Jefferson Center. The reason I use quotes around "production office" is because at the moment, it's being used mostly for storage. Therefore, we are moving everything to store at our offices on Church Ave. I know, you thought you had escaped my enduring posts about the storage closet, but now I have another "closet" to organize. So you can bet on more puns in the very near future.

I knew what was awaiting behind the door that read "Opera Roanoke" at the Jefferson Center because earlier in the week Liz and I paid a visit to assess the situation. Having to start somewhere, I wrote down all the categories of things that I thought I would encounter. I tried to sort very loosely according to my categories, and then narrowed things down. Starting with costumes, I made piles of hats, pants, shoes (including many, many pairs of Egyptian sandals), and so forth. 

    

 Here are some things I found...

I call these "Accessory Selfies"

Next I sorted through office supplies, makeup and hair supplies, wig heads, props, bird cages, a storage closet within the production office (I was in a closet within a closet... Like the movie "Inception?"), snacks and beverages, music, music scores, libretto with translations, even more programs, hundreds of spinning wheels (okay, so maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration), and sewing supplies. I'm probably forgetting some things, but you understand. What I had at the end of the day was an organized mess, and compared to an unorganized mess, I had definitely made great strides. 

Now all I have left to do is to tie up loose ends, get boxes, and move em' out!

These pictures were taken before I began, stay tuned for the "after." Check it out...

Until next time!

-Matt