Scenic Painting — Alaina Galasso

Paint is my favorite artistic medium, due to its dynamic qualities and ability to layer. I dabbled with scenic painting in high school, learning how to create realistic-looking red bricks by starting with varying shades of pink. In the University of Michigan and Hope Summer Repertory Theatre’s paint shops I learned more techniques from skilled Scenic Charge Artists. I enjoy mixing colors, trying various methods to come up with treatments, and have a fondness for wood grains. Most of all, I love seeing the final product of a completed, beautifully painted set.

‘Crystal City 1969’ (Cara Mia Theatre Company/Zero Productions, photo by Shutterbruhs)
‘Noises Off’ (Midland Community Theatre)
‘When Bullfrogs Sing Opera’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by Tracy Alexander)
‘The Magical World of the Brothers Grimm’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘The Taffetas’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by Mark Swindler)
‘One Hit Wonder’ (University of Michigan Productions, photo by Lily Cole, Scenic Charge Artist - Toni Auletti, barn doors painted by Alaina Galasso)
‘When Bullfrogs Sing Opera’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the OIlfield Photographer)
‘When Bullfrogs Sing Opera’ (Midland Community Theatre)
‘Angels in America: Millennium Approaches’ (University of Michigan Productions, photo by Peter Smith, back wall painted by Alaina Galasso)
‘Barefoot in the Park’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘Murder for Two’ (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, photo by Ben Douma, Scenic Charge Artist - Sarah Pearline, house painting by Alaina Galasso
‘Barefoot in the Park’ (Midland Community Theatre)
‘The Magical World of the Brothers Grimm’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘The Taffetas’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by Mark Swindler)
‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘The Magical World of the Brothers Grimm’ (Midland Community Theatre, translucent drop painted by Alaina Galasso)
‘Noises Off’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the OIlfield Photographer)
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (Midland Community Theatre)
‘Cinderella’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘Alcina’ (University of Michigan Productions, photo by Peter Smith, Scenic Charge Artist - Toni Auletti, wood grain door painted by Alaina Galasso)
‘When Bullfrogs Sing Opera’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by Tracy Alexander)
‘A Tuna Christmas’ (Midland Community Theatre)
‘The Wind in the Willows’ (Midland Community Theatre)
‘Tuna Does Vegas’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by Lauren Darnell)
‘Crystal City 1969’ (Cara Mia Theatre Company/Zero Productions, photo by Shutterbruhs)
‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘Tuna Does Vegas’ (Midland Community Theatre)
‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘Cinderella’ (Midland Community Theatre)
‘Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ (University of Michigan Productions, photo by Peter Smith, Scenic Charge Artist - Toni Auletti, rust painted by Alaina Galasso)
‘A Tuna Christmas’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ (University of Michigan Productions, photo by Gary Decker, Scenic Charge Artist - Toni Auletti, fireplace painted by Alaina Galasso)
‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by Bill Williams)
‘The Old Man and the Old Moon’ (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, photo by Ben Douma, Scenic Charge Artist - Sarah Pearline, Scenic Artist - Alaina Galasso)
‘Cinderella’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)
‘The Taffetas’ (Midland Community Theatre, photo by the Oilfield Photographer)