Here are a few of the strange things that our member volunteers have been asked to do in the past few seasons:

• Carve sheets of styrofoam to create very old-looking stone columns
• Build 6 crazy and elaborate cakes out of cardboard and foam
• Make a bat that flies across the auditorium
• Paint and decorate a hospital ward, a burned-out lunatic asylum, the basement of a nunnery, a 1930's southern parlour,  a dockside tavern, a bordello and a farmhouse
• Make doors that open and close on their own
• Create huge walls that transform into bombed-out ruins
• Transform a nightclub into a laboratory in the blink of an eye
• Sew hundreds of costumes - animals, vampires, princes, knights in armour, 1920's flapper dresses, 1st World War soldier, scalliwags and thieves
• Make snow fall on the stage
• Beg, build or borrow props and more props - candelabras, swords, beds, sofas, pictures, tables, china, telephones, tv's, sinks, fridges, wood-burning stoves, coffins, curtains, rugs, christmas trees, chairs, lamps, fireplaces, radios, desks, a car, etc, etc.

• Operate the bar and the box office 
  
• Distribute posters 
  
• Do radio interviews 
  
• Write press releases 
  
• Design posters and programs
  
• Design lighting and sound 
  
• Help backstage 
  
• Move furniture 
  
• Sweep up sawdust
  
• Sweep up more sawdust
  
• Pull nails
  
• Listen to complaints and compliments
  
• Direct
  
• Stage-Manage
  
• Produce
  
• and ......... we almost forgot, Act

Sometimes it's hard work.  Sometimes it drives you crazy  Most of the time, however, it's fun and it's a hobby that will give back as much as you can give.

Come, join us.

For more information on becoming a member, fill out the form below or contact membership@oshawalittletheatre.com