"Tray Chic" in Partnership with One Kings Lane

A basic bar tray on our basic prop table

Most of the time I'm a bit of a homebody.  I like being able to drink more than two drinks and then stumble up to bed and sleep it all off.  Then when my major became theatre, things changed a bit.  The time of rehearsal and performance is sacred; you know you are living on borrowed time.  That cast and crew will never be all together except for during that time, and you have to make the most of it.  In college none of us had great homes to hang out in, so we frequented bars whenever we left a performance or rehearsal.  If we got really lucky, we got to do a play about a bar.  There is no better in-between from a bar and home than a theater.

Since returning to Reno, I took advantage of the opportunity to jump back into the theatre scene, and was lucky enough to get one about a bar.  At "Last Call at the Old Southwest" we have exactly one tray acting as the bar for our show.  You won't see me onstage, I'm the Stage Manager.  Since the show is currently running, I'm more the prop master right now.  Since I'm staying with family, the show has sort of turned into my home away from home.  The cast and I frequent bars after work since Good Luck Macbeth is in the Midtown District, and there is lots to choose from.

Still, when I was approached for this post about making a tray your own, I thought of our little tray in the show.  This little tray is basically a symbol for the bar area happening backstage.  When (not if) you come see the show, it might slip by you completely.  But it means a lot to me, I've spent lots of time with it.  Sometimes all you need is a basic, no frills tray to get the job done.  I'm sure I'm the only one who is doing a post on a basic silver tray...but maybe you'll remember it more that way.

Of course, if you are looking for a nice tray for your home, then heading over to One Kings Lane for something that will actually impress someone when they come to your home.