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black ocked wallpaper to help the place pop while the brilliant Pablo Perea and team hand-painted the entire ceiling with a gorgeous botanical design. With the patent leather tufted stage backing and a goldchain fishnet stage drape, we had a dope club circa 1870! I was pushing the historical accuracy to a breaking point on this set, but Jeymes was still fearless and supportive. He added a scene with the blue lady which upped the ante even further. We were rolling with confidence at this point. The production was a week out from shooting and in good shape to deliver the exterior edwood over to the shooting crew. At three days out from shooting, etix had to shut the production down indefinitely due to COVID. We were all stunned, along with the rest of the world. All we could do was wrap up the sets as best we could, and we all went home for four months. etix rose to the challenge and treated the whole crew very well during this time. After four months down, the crew returned to anta Fe July , , and we finally started to shoot on September 14. During that time, the production was able to get the crews back together, finish edwood and the train and then move on to the other towns. Set decorator Jay Hart and leadman Phil Shirley were not able to make it, but I was lucky enough that the talented team of Cynthia La Jeunesse and Jack Blanchard were both available to come out and take over with expertise and grace where Jay and hil had left o. G. TRUDY'S SALOON. PRODUCTION STILL. H. DOUGLASTOWN MAIN STREET. ILLUSTRATION BY JAMIE RAMA. I. DOUGLASTOWN MAIN STREET. SET PHOTO. G H I