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haha I appreciate the exact distance measurement :) A Broadway flat is a unit constructed with the faces of the lumber towards the audience, so that the depth of the entire flat is the same as that of the lumber used. It's very thin in profile. The pieces are glued together butt-to-edge, then...

yikes, glad I asked :oops: I'll look into the paint, thanks

Thank you all so much for the invaluable help, I really really appreciate it :)

Hi,I guess this is pretty similar to seanandkate's post about blood, except that I need to splatter mine on the scenery walls. It needs to be visible during only a couple scenes, so my thinking was something that would light up under a blacklight, but otherwise not discolor the pain job. I was...

That's how I learned it in high school, actually. We almost always used hardcovered broadways. It's also a space issue though - the shop is under the stage, but it's really cramped with little storage and the only way to get anything up to the stage is a narrow staircase. However now that I...

Footer, we were going to hardcover broadway flat with lauan, but I can revamp the middle flat construction as a studio to support the door. If I did that would I then face the back of the downstage flat with plywood or another material to provide a surface to screw the support flats on...

Thanks for your quick responses everyone. I agree that steel would be a great option, but we dont have the ability to weld at school, and the grid system is just a couple standard, free-hanging battens. Van, I quite like your idea, but one point of clarification: should I attach the studio flats...

Hi Everyone, We're putting on a production of Crime & Punishment at my college, and this is the set design I worked out with the director. That middle door needs to be able to take some impact from actors, and I was thinking stage braces would be the most effective, but because of the elevation...

Hi Everyone,My name's Ari, I'm an undergrad set designer/builder with about a year's experience (3 shows). Our theater program is pretty underfunded, and we have a poorly equipped shop, but I do my best with what we have. Anyway, I'm really excited to join up and benefit from the community's...