The In Spite of
Life Players is an improvisational community theater group in Central
Maine. Annually this group writes and presents a political satire on
the Fourth of July. The Play is performed in an outdoor venue at mid-day,
thus eliminating the availability and benefits of lighting and necessitating
bold, dramatic set design and painting. The sets are generally over 50’ long and
are 10’ high. Often large articulated props are part of the design
and painting. As the head painter and designer, I collaborate with and
direct a very diverse crew of volunteer painters