Sometimes you have a few skilled people building your designs. Sometimes, you have a lot […]
Article Type: Design and Stagecraft
The Director’s Playground
Transcript: A long time I ago, I worked in a little family-owned furniture store. They […]
Light Boxes, Gobos, and Metallic Paint
Low Tech Windows that Light Up In 2010, I was the lighting designer on a […]
Jack Knife Wagons
Set changes should look easy. The audience should never feel sympathy for the people moving […]
Transparent Columns
Sometimes memorable designs come from simple, bold choices. This design is for Orpheus in the […]
The Creative Team: Leaving the Comfort Zone
In April of 2018, members of several groups collaborated at Plymouth State University in New […]
Projections on Stage Part III: Choices about Screens
This article should forward immediately to this address. Anything that reflects light – even just […]
Projections on Stage Part II: Making Good Use of Ordinary Projectors
This article should immediately forward to this address. Design the set around the screens It […]
Projections on Stage Part I: How do I make them brighter?
I’m not saying I do, but I am not saying that I do not. In […]
Soda Bottle Balustrade
I was asked for a curved balustrade unit that could be moved around the stage by performers. This did not want to be simple wooden spindles. It really needed to be the kind of big, cement balustrade that would be present at an upscale hotel on the Mediterranean in France. This particular season is short on time and money for building. This is our first season in our brand new facility. Lathing Styrofoam or wood was not an option, and any kind of ready-made product that I found was too expensive. Then I had the idea to use soda bottles and water bottles.