Very proud of my alma mater after this post on Facebook

[ehrnst]

From the technical director of the Theatre Department at the University of Evansville (Evansville, IN):

"Propping a show in Evansville can be a huge challenge on a tight budget.

Not infrequently, Hobby Lobby has been a source of cheap items of tacky decor. Things you wouldn't dream of putting in your house, but look wonderful onstage.

In light of recent events, UET props will no longer be sourced from this vendor. We will just have to make do."

[niyad]

1. hoorah for them!

[Turbineguy]

2. Complement with faint praise

"a source of cheap items of tacky decor".

At least they'll still have the business of TV preachers, because as they would have us believe, Heaven is decorated in gaudy, grotesquely bad taste.

[mbperrin]

3. Yes, good for them.

I'd made that decision for myself, and I hope that millions more will join, too.

[oldandhappy]

4. Congratulations to your alma mater.

[Enthusiast]

5. Well done, University of Evansville!

[3catwoman3]

6. Kudos to your...

...alma mater.

[MagickMuffin]

7. Good! You should encourage them to shop @ Thrift Stores

You can find all sorts of goodies there. Cheap, tacky or some other interestingly kewl stuff as well.

[BrotherIvan]

9. +1

I have used thrift stores for multi-million dollar films. Don't shop Hobby Lobby!

[Chan790]

15. Exactly.

One of my best friends from college works for USA Networks original programming NYC (as a 2nd AD, started as a PA)...a lot of the set-staging you see on White Collar and Royal Pains. Thrift shop. Cheap garbage refinished, re-imagined or used as is...it's an art-form; the people that do it don't get enough credit. I wish I had that talent.

Thank you, set-stagers...you make TV/Film awesome and you do it with budgets that would handcuff most HS drama departments.

[ehrnst]

16. Theatre departments know them well - but when designers need very specific shapes, colors or texture

They will get them where they can, even if new. It would take forever to make a dozen silk roses, for instance, or wait for them to get donated to a thrift store. Evansville is a mid sized city, so thrift shopping is more limited than in NYC or Chicago.

[MagickMuffin]

22. They can check out DollarTree, everything is a dollar, and there are other dollar stores out there

They usually carry a lot of interesting things.

Not certain if having silk roses would be better than any other fabric roses. The audience definitely wouldn't be able to tell the difference. I think you were just using that as an example, so, I included a response to that.

[Blue Owl]

8. Hobby Lobby just got freshly hobbled

[ailsagirl]

10. Well done!!

[tomg]

11. Wonderful. nt.

[joanbarnes]

12. Yes, just like Flush Rush and Boycott Koch: We didn't elect the $upremes,

Now we shall vote with our wallets. Hurt the Capitalists where it matters most to them.

[KamaAina]

13. Note that Evansville is a Methodist school

so I guess Hobby Lobby isn't very Christian after all.

Is there a Michael's there?

[ehrnst]

18. The theatre dept is nationally known, so the dept has some independence. (nt)

[Freddie]

26. Methodists aren't a women-hating church

They may have some issues with same-sex marriage but they're not opposed to BC and they've had ordained women clergy for many years.

[DrewFlorida]

14. Pat on the back to University of Evansville Theartre Department!

[Bobbie Jo]

17. K&R for my hometown!

Well done, Aces!

[theHandpuppet]

19. Here's to the U of E...

[SheilaT]

20. I understand the University of Evansville's theater department

is one of the very finest in the country.

A young man I know graduated there several years ago, did a master's program at the Catholic University in Washington, DC, and currently makes a living as an actor. I, of course, think he's wildly talented to begin with, but it's clear he learned an enormous amount at Evansville.

Plus it's an ethical school.

[ehrnst]

23. It was very much like a conservatory within a university. I learned much there, and see

many fellow alumni on TV - Carrie Preston, Ron Glass, Karl Kenzler, Jack McBrayer, the creators of Roseanne and Home Improvement, etc.

[SheilaT]

24. Nice to see that list.

My young friend does almost exclusively live theater. He's had one small part on TV, and I hope he eventually does more, as well as movies, as I live a very long way from NYC and have never seen him perform.

[Scurrilous]

21. K & R

[Cha]

25. Wow, Props to the Univ of Evansville, ehrnst.. your alma mater!

[littlemissmartypants]

27. Thanks for the good news. nt

[Sherman A1]

28. K&R

[merrily]

29. The Theater Department should raise money on that!

Politicians raise money on things like this all the time, even though they don't intend to do a thing about it anyway. And, in this case, can't do much about it.

I'd rather send the money to a university theater department than to most politicians.

[brush]

30. Woohoo, go Aces! nt

[katmondoo]

31. Good

Proud of you all for taking a stand.

[Roland99]

32. Stayed in some campus housing during a non-UE-related co-op in nearby Mt Vernon (many moons ago)

good for UE!