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Choir Boosters of Stoughton Schools
2364 Jackson St
#215
Stoughton, WI 53589
Phone: 608/347–3943
Contact Name: Jessica Royko
Choir Boosters President
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| SHS & River Bluff Theater Safety Improvements - 2026 |
Amount Funded: $1,500.00 |
| The goal of this project is to help the SASD PAC store costumes and set pieces in a safe and efficient manner, and update the ancient tools and wood supplies for the set crew. This improvement project will take place over the 2026-27 school year, but the items purchased (storage, lumber, tools) will support the program for decades.
Replacing current solid colored costume totes with clear bins ($675) will allow volunteers to see what’s inside from the ground. The new costume storage has many high shelves and a rolling ladder. It’s dangerous to climb up and peek through several bins in order to ascertain the contents of each bin. Providing two rolling prop carts ($320) will help store existing props more safely in accordance with fire safety and compliance. Replacing the old cordless drill drivers ($714) with new will make set construction safer and more efficient. Providing the scene shop with new lumber ($576 +$120) to construct platforms and flats, and staircase spindle rails ($1700) that will also improve safety (fewer splinters and rough edges, and it will give a polish to the set construction. All of these items will be used for decades to come and support hundreds of future students in their theatrical productions.
The end result will greatly increase the efficiency and safety that goes into costuming shows and building the sets. It will also improve the aesthetic quality of the sets and make the theatrical productions more beautiful, which will be wonderful for not only the actors and the crew, but also the members of our community who populate the audience. |
| This grant will support the Stoughton High and River Bluff Theater Programs. With recent renovations to the SHS commons and updates to the HVAC system, the theater program costume and prop storage space was relocated to a substantially smaller closet. The director and costume volunteers purged a lot and reorganized, but they are in dire need of clear totes and two wheeled prop racks to make the new space uniform, user-friendly, and accessible. This will also help with fire safety and compliance. In addition to costume and prop storage needs, the scene shop also needs help. Tools, platforms, flats (scene walls), and trim pieces are all decades old, beat up, outdated and in dire need of replacement. Choir Boosters, with the generous help of SACF, would love to support SASD Theater with storage supplies, and new carpentry supplies for the set work. With SACF’s help this can happen in time for all three SHS and RB 2026-27 theatrical productions.
This project will directly benefit 100-150 students and volunteers. There are approximately 30 student actors and 15+ more behind the scenes currently working on the SHS fall musical, The Addams Family. In the spring, the SHS play will feature a similar size cast and crew, and the River Bluff musical has had 60+ students involved in years past. That doesn’t include all the school and community members who come out to enjoy the nine performances the district puts on. |
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