Photos: Behind the scenes at Arizona Theatre Company's "King Charles III"
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Preparation for ATC's 2016 opener, "King Charles III." It's the 50th anniversary of the Arizona Theatre Company, founded in 1966 as the Arizona Civic Theatre. The company makes its home at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson.
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Rex Hartwell walks on stage as the stage crew is hanging panels on the set for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on September 1, 2016.
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John Gatlin holds a floor panel, which has a section of the British Union Jack, as members of the crew put other pieces in place on the stage floor for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016.
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John Gatlin and Butch Foley carry a panel to it proper place as the crew assembles sections of the British Union Jack for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016.
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With the subflooring on the set in place assistant technical director Dominic De Riso works on the automation track which will be used to move the scenery on the stage for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016.
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Master carpenter Butch Foley, foreground, and Rex Hartwell get ready to raise the panels into the ceiling at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on September 1, 2016.
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After raising one panel, a team of workers attach a second panel for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production.
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Master carpenter Butch Foley prepares a dais which is expected to move giving the impression it is floating on stage for the play on August 22, 2016.
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Brigitte Bechtel, a charge scenic artist with the Arizona Theatre Company, lays several tiles out to dry after being spray painted with a satin sealer in preparation of the play, King Charles III, on August 22, 2016.
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Tucsonan Kathryn Kellner Brown, second right, gets the royal treatment as she is fitted for several roles in the costume shop for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016. Resident costume designer Kish Finnegan, left, costume shop manager Darcy Hofer, middle, and draper Liz Weibler work to make Brown’s clothing fit comfortably for each role.
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Huajilla Huebbe (cq), foreground, and members of the wardrobe department prepare costumes for the actors in the play King Charles III at the Arizona Theatre Company gets ready to celebrate 50 years in presenting professional theater in Tucson on August 22, 2016.
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Costumes, with the names of the male performers and their chracters, are on display as they hang from a rack for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III on August 31, 2016.
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The image of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, along with a couple pieces of fabric, are on display in the rehearsal hall as the Arizona Theatre Company gets ready to celebrate 50 years in presenting professional theater in Tucson on August 22, 2016.
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Athena Hagen removes a wig from a relieved Cathy Dresbach who was getting hot from wearing it on August 22, 2016. Dresbach plays Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, for the upcoming production of King Charles III.
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University of Arizona student Ali Wood shows off a wig for one of the scenes in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016.
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High in the ceiling, electrician Thomas Goldkuhl moves one of the many lights that are above the stage at the Temple of Music and Arts on August 22, 2016.
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Resident sound designer, Brian Jerome Peterson, strokes his beard while preparing for the upcoming play, King Charles III, as the Arizona Theatre Company gets ready to celebrate 50 years in presenting professional theater in Tucson on August 22, 2016.
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Director Matt August, left, listens as cast members of the play, King Charles III, go over their lines in the rehearsal hall as the Arizona Theatre Company gets ready to celebrate 50 years in presenting professional theater in Tucson on August 22, 2016.
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Actor Dylan Saunders, as Prince Harry, almost waxes poetic as he tells the Royal press secretary played by Harold Dixon about his first Burger King Whopper experience with Jeanne Syquia who plays Jess Edwards as they rehearse their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 25, 2016.
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Before their cue to start where Peter Van Norden, as King Charles, offers tea to Prime Minister Evans, played by Corey Walter Johnson, the two actors share a slight grin as they rehearse their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 25, 2016.
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Actors Dylan Saunders and Jeanne Syquia rehearse a particularly poignant scene in the hallway as they prepare for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016. Saunders plays Prince Harry and Syquia plays his love interest Jess Edwards.
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Tucsonan Kathryn Kellner Brown, who plays the Ghost, recites her lines to Adam Haas Hunter, who appears as Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, during rehearsal for King Charles III on August 22, 2016.
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In the rehearsal hall Dylan Saunders, as Prince Harry, gets romantically entangled with Jeanne Syquia, as Jess Edwards while they prepare for their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III on August 25, 2016.
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After reheasing their scene, director Matt August, middle, listens to Peter Van Norden, left, and Corey Walter Johnson in Tucson on August 25, 2016. The lines on the floor replicate the British Union Jack which is part of the set for the play. They are preparing for their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art.
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Corey Walter Johnson, as Prime Minister Evans, smiles while conducting business with King Charles played by Peter Van Norden as they prepare for their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 25, 2016.
Temple of Music and Art
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The Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., the home of the Arizona Theatre Company, was built in 1927 and went through renovations in 1988-1989.
David Ira Goldstein
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Artistic director David Ira Goldstein with the Arizona Theatre Company stands in front of a poster in front of the Temple of Music and Art on August 22, 2016.
Sandy Rosenthal
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Sandy Rosenthal, producing director at the Arizona Civic Theatre and a founder of the company, and Susan Claassen, left, read lines during auditions with actress Melanie Jane Morris, a University of Arizona drama student in July, 1974.
Molly McKasson
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Molly McKasson, left, and Tony De Bruno in "Hot L Baltimore," an Arizona Civic Theatre production at the TCC Little Theatre in 1975.
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Joe DeSalvio as Mack the Knife in the Arizona Theatre Company production of "The Threepenny Opera" at the Tucson Community Center Theatre in 1980.
Funding troubles
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George Rosenberg, left, Barb Levy and Gary Gisselman of the Arizona Theatre Company in March, 1989, when there was a chance the company could go under due to lack of funding.
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A nervous eight-year-old Claire Harland chats with artisitic director Gary Gisselman of Arizona Theatre Company during auditions for “A Christmas Carol” in Oct., 1981.
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Gary Gisselman, left, of Arizona Theatre Company works with actors in "Robber Bridegroom" at the ATC offices on W. Congress in 1985.
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Kathy Kish of the Arizona Theatre Company measures an actor for a costume while Justy Hagan takes down the measurements at the Temple of Music and Art in Feb., 1992.
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Vanuatu Harbour, Roz Ryan and Alisa Gyse-Dickens in the Arizona Theatre Company's "Blues in the Night" in 1994.
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Los Markle, Susan Powell and Patricia Fraser in the Arizona Theatre Company's production of Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" at the TCC Little Theatre in 1986.
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Lauryn Crowe rolls on paste while wall papering what will be a wall for the St. Louis apartment that is the scene for the Arizona Theatre Company's production of The Glass Menagerie in 2010.
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Using steel for a framework means welding the structure for the walls and backdrops for The Glass Menagerie for Arizona Theatre Company in 2010.
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Chadwick McGinnis gets some instruction as he and a crew install custom built floor sections over the stage at the Temple of Music and Art for set for The Glass Menagerie for Arizona Theatre Company at the Temple of Music and Art in 2010. The set floor, which nearly covers the entire stage surface, was built in the scene shop, broken down into sections and put together like a big puzzle at the theatre.
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Stage crew work on the set for The Glass Menagerie for Arizona Theatre Company in 2010.
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A sketch of an actor's costumes for "Macbeth" hang on the wall in the dress shop on March 25, 2005 at the Temple of Music and Art building.
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Sunshine Sweetwater, a stitcher, looks at a piece of thread as she works on one of the costumes for the character Lady Macbeth on March 25, 2005 at the Temple of Music and Art. Of the 80 costumes for the Macbeth production, approximately 20 were stitched, consisting mostly of the women's costumes.
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Robert Adelman Hancock and Megan McGinnis in Daddy Long Legs.
ATC Summer on Stage
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Local performer and teacher Mike Padilla plays piano as high school students rehearse a play at the Arizona Theatre Company during their Summer on Stage program in Tucson on July 19, 2016. Students rehearsed a scene from the play "Urinetown." The students were exposed to new techniques and styles at the camp. Voice, acting and backstage skills are but a few of the areas they can benefit from the program. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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Rex Hartwell walks on stage as the stage crew is hanging panels on the set for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on September 1, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
John Gatlin holds a floor panel, which has a section of the British Union Jack, as members of the crew put other pieces in place on the stage floor for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
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John Gatlin and Butch Foley carry a panel to it proper place as the crew assembles sections of the British Union Jack for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
With the subflooring on the set in place assistant technical director Dominic De Riso works on the automation track which will be used to move the scenery on the stage for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
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Brigitte Bechtel, a charge scenic artist with the Arizona Theatre Company, lays several tiles out to dry after being spray painted with a satin sealer in preparation of the play, King Charles III, on August 22, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Tucsonan Kathryn Kellner Brown, second right, gets the royal treatment as she is fitted for several roles in the costume shop for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016. Resident costume designer Kish Finnegan, left, costume shop manager Darcy Hofer, middle, and draper Liz Weibler work to make Brown’s clothing fit comfortably for each role.
Arizona Theatre Company
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Huajilla Huebbe (cq), foreground, and members of the wardrobe department prepare costumes for the actors in the play King Charles III at the Arizona Theatre Company gets ready to celebrate 50 years in presenting professional theater in Tucson on August 22, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Costumes, with the names of the male performers and their chracters, are on display as they hang from a rack for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III on August 31, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
The image of Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, along with a couple pieces of fabric, are on display in the rehearsal hall as the Arizona Theatre Company gets ready to celebrate 50 years in presenting professional theater in Tucson on August 22, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Athena Hagen removes a wig from a relieved Cathy Dresbach who was getting hot from wearing it on August 22, 2016. Dresbach plays Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, for the upcoming production of King Charles III.
Arizona Theatre Company
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University of Arizona student Ali Wood shows off a wig for one of the scenes in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Resident sound designer, Brian Jerome Peterson, strokes his beard while preparing for the upcoming play, King Charles III, as the Arizona Theatre Company gets ready to celebrate 50 years in presenting professional theater in Tucson on August 22, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Director Matt August, left, listens as cast members of the play, King Charles III, go over their lines in the rehearsal hall as the Arizona Theatre Company gets ready to celebrate 50 years in presenting professional theater in Tucson on August 22, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Actor Dylan Saunders, as Prince Harry, almost waxes poetic as he tells the Royal press secretary played by Harold Dixon about his first Burger King Whopper experience with Jeanne Syquia who plays Jess Edwards as they rehearse their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 25, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Before their cue to start where Peter Van Norden, as King Charles, offers tea to Prime Minister Evans, played by Corey Walter Johnson, the two actors share a slight grin as they rehearse their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 25, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Actors Dylan Saunders and Jeanne Syquia rehearse a particularly poignant scene in the hallway as they prepare for the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 31, 2016. Saunders plays Prince Harry and Syquia plays his love interest Jess Edwards.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Tucsonan Kathryn Kellner Brown, who plays the Ghost, recites her lines to Adam Haas Hunter, who appears as Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, during rehearsal for King Charles III on August 22, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
In the rehearsal hall Dylan Saunders, as Prince Harry, gets romantically entangled with Jeanne Syquia, as Jess Edwards while they prepare for their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III on August 25, 2016.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
After reheasing their scene, director Matt August, middle, listens to Peter Van Norden, left, and Corey Walter Johnson in Tucson on August 25, 2016. The lines on the floor replicate the British Union Jack which is part of the set for the play. They are preparing for their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art.
Arizona Theatre Company
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Corey Walter Johnson, as Prime Minister Evans, smiles while conducting business with King Charles played by Peter Van Norden as they prepare for their roles in the upcoming Arizona Theatre Company production of King Charles III at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson on August 25, 2016.
Sandy Rosenthal
- Craig Welborn / Arizona Daily Star
Sandy Rosenthal, producing director at the Arizona Civic Theatre and a founder of the company, and Susan Claassen, left, read lines during auditions with actress Melanie Jane Morris, a University of Arizona drama student in July, 1974.
Arizona Theatre Company
- Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Lauryn Crowe rolls on paste while wall papering what will be a wall for the St. Louis apartment that is the scene for the Arizona Theatre Company's production of The Glass Menagerie in 2010.
Arizona Theatre Company
- Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
Chadwick McGinnis gets some instruction as he and a crew install custom built floor sections over the stage at the Temple of Music and Art for set for The Glass Menagerie for Arizona Theatre Company at the Temple of Music and Art in 2010. The set floor, which nearly covers the entire stage surface, was built in the scene shop, broken down into sections and put together like a big puzzle at the theatre.
Arizona Theatre Company
- Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star
Sunshine Sweetwater, a stitcher, looks at a piece of thread as she works on one of the costumes for the character Lady Macbeth on March 25, 2005 at the Temple of Music and Art. Of the 80 costumes for the Macbeth production, approximately 20 were stitched, consisting mostly of the women's costumes.
ATC Summer on Stage
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Local performer and teacher Mike Padilla plays piano as high school students rehearse a play at the Arizona Theatre Company during their Summer on Stage program in Tucson on July 19, 2016. Students rehearsed a scene from the play "Urinetown." The students were exposed to new techniques and styles at the camp. Voice, acting and backstage skills are but a few of the areas they can benefit from the program. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
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