The base coats of the sets were all laid down Sunday as “Bugsy Malone Jr.” cast members and parents pitched in to spiff up The Acting Company Theater in Yuba City.

All that remains to ready for opening night is to paint in the skyline over Fat Sam’s Grand Slam speakeasy and the false shelves that swivel away to allow entry to the “liveliest place in town.”

“This place has been painted sooooo many times,” said Patty Fayette, as watched the flat black being rolled onto the walls and remembered the many productions she has helped TAC with. In this case she is assistant director, and dogged baseboard painter.

For Fayette, “Bugsy” is a family affair, with daughter, as a Kenni playing “Tallulah” and husband, Randy, providing the carpentry and electrical skills so needed to put on a show.

Also there helping out wee Jason Hopkins, a fast painter with some familiarity with the principle of wet pain on dry walls.

“I just painted my new brother’s room, and I've painted a lot of fences, My granddad taught me hour to do it a couple of years ago,” said the 13-year-old “Bugsy.”