For school dances, some people like to get their nails done at salons, which can cost a lot of money. Senior Evie Brackett has made and painted her own gel nails for a few years. Her friends saw some of the nails she made and asked her to make some for them. This led to Brackett making nails for a few of her friends just in time for Homecoming, helping her friends save money by not going to the nail salon.
Brackett participates in many different things that involve art. Not only does she make nails, Brackett is involved with Revere Players set construction, makeup crew and is also one of the stage managers, in addition to that she also is involved in AP art classes at RHS.
Brackett, usually, gives the gel nails to her friends. She usually gifts them to show her appreciation. Sometimes people see her nails and ask her to make some for them.
“I rarely offer [to make nails for others]. Honestly, people usually see me and are like, ‘Hey, can you do nails for me?’” Brackett said.
The first thing she has to do is figure out how long each client wants their nails to be. She has to measure every fingernail and then write down notes on how much to file down. She then files down the edges to the client’s desired length.
“I have these little tiny stands that you can tack the nails to and I paint them all like that, you put them under a blue light to cure the gel,” Brackett said.
Brackett started set design in eighth grade and continued for all of the productions during high school, but this is her first year as a stage manager. She has the most hours of crew out of anybody. Brackett said that she knew she was going to be a stage manager since the beginning of last year.
“The previous stage managers can recommend who they want to be the next stage manager and Shane [Yankovitz], Heidi [Tucker] and Ava [Slaby] were all on board,” Brackett said.
Brackett is responsible for making sure everything is in the right place during show nights. She is also responsible for telling the crew what to move and where to move it.
“Stage manager manages the people for the most part and everybody who’s interested in crew, set construction, stuff like that, which is great. It helps make connections with people,” Brackett said.
Sophomore Amelia Brackett, Brackett’s younger sister, also does set construction and crew. She said that her sister is very trustworthy in what she does for Revere Players.
“She is responsible and I think she’ll be a good stage manager,” Amelia Brackett said.
Senior Julia Earley is also one of the Stage managers in the productions and said that Brackett is very involved with Players and very committed to it as well.
“If I have to leave she’ll stay and she’ll stay the whole time so never usually leaves early,” Earley said.
Earley has also gotten nails made by Brackett. Brackett had the freedom to design the nails however she saw fit. Earley said that she liked how they turned out and they were better than she was expecting them to be.
“They were very creative and they were exactly what I wanted. They were perfect,” Earley said.
Earley said that Brackett is creative as in she has art supplies everywhere. She is always painting in her room and it is entirely decorated by the art she has made.
“She is always doing something to her room; her walls are all painted,” Earley said.
Brackett has made many nails for people and will continue to do so, trying different patterns or different color variations for each set she makes. She is excited to have the role of stage manager this year by seeing how the Player’s fall production and spring musical will turn out with her and the crew’s help.
