Orient Express

Cora has been working for her old high school for a few weeks, helping build the set you see here, for Murder on the Orient Express. This top photo shows the simple, elegant set they built to represent the passenger cars. 

And these were the dining cars.

Even Violet helped out one day - she went in and added paint effects to make these letters look 3D. It's all flat paint, not separate letters attached.

Cora then stage-managed the show, and absolutely loved it. She had to choreograph the movements of numerous people to smoothly change scenes, when the dining cars and passenger cars changed places. 

Violet helped out backstage during the closing show as a gofer/stagehand.

Meanwhile, I helped by running the box office. On Saturday evening, I had my own helper - Eloise! She made a paper sign that Violet was admiring, that said Tickets.