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    star curtains

    we made our own for a production of CATS... we used net-strung christmas lights end-to-end and hung that in front of our black cyc. if you're lucky enough to find the strands where the set stays lit even with missing bulbs, you can randomly remove the bulbs until you are pleased with the...
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    Hey, I thought we could share pictures of our shows...

    Re: Hey i thought we could share pic of our showshere are pics from our last show - "the mystery of edwin drood"... i was inspired by the colors of tim burton's "corpse bride"... had a lot of fun with this one... there are more on my site: http://www.revolutionfreedom.com in the theater...
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    tracked floor... eek...

    these tips are wonderful help!!! the tracks i'd like to put down are limited to only two, one moving offstage-left to center, one moving off stage-right to center... the scenic pieces are tall & wide flats - framework only - no wrapping... (since they're pretty tall pieces, would i need to...
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    tracked floor... eek...

    a grooved deck for moving scenery... i don't even know where to start...
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    tracked floor... eek...

    i'm looking for info and help on tracking a stage floor... not a lot of tracks, just a couple, but it's not something i've done... for SOME reason, i'm just never happy with a regular ol' stage floor... lol... anyone had experience with this??? where do i even begin??? dan'l
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    Revolving Stage -- HELP ME!!!

    check out the revolve we built for les mis: http://www.revolutionfreedom.com/design/theater_lesmis.html ours was 22' in diameter... i've also posted a graphic of the table build... http://www.revolutionfreedom.com/design/images/theater-revolve-puzzle.jpg it was essentially a...
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    sturdy sculpting material for underfoot

    i've made a homemade version of brusan several years ago... worked great... probably not as strong as the actual stuff, but i took heavy duty aluminum foil (for grilling), spray adhesive and cheap muslin... i sprayed the foil while it was laid flat and then applied the muslin to it... in a...
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    sturdy sculpting material for underfoot

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH... this seems to make perfect sense... i'm probably going to try the cement additive... i'm very excited!!!
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    The Chamber of Secrets

    will this work with crystal (powder) laundry detergent???
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    sturdy sculpting material for underfoot

    it will be a three two week run plus tech and rehearsal time... cash isn't unlimited, but we're also not broke... knowing the show and talking to the director, i'd say that we're going to use them frequently, but not the whole show... no dancing or anything like that, though...
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    sturdy sculpting material for underfoot

    we're doing "into the woods", which i've always wanted to design... i'm working on ideas for sculpting large tree roots that pile up and fall over the edge of the stage as in this photo: http://belizebreeze.com/images/lamanai_tree_roots_rev_lowres.jpg and i'm looking for a material to use...
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    "candlelit" footlights...

    what a great link!!!those are exactly what i was aiming for with my footlights... i'm just scared of having fire on stage for three hours!!!
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    Hey, I thought we could share pictures of our shows...

    Re: Hey i thought we could share pic of our shows yeah - i couldn't have done it without you... i had to alter it quite a bit (it ended up being 22' dia. and added two hand cranks and all kinds of other stuff), but it worked great!!!
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    blues...

    well, seeing as how i am also the set designer and painter (as well as costumes), i have total control... i was planning on painting in greys, blues, browns and blacks... i figured that would make it easier to play with gels...
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    Hey, I thought we could share pictures of our shows...

    Re: Hey i thought we could share pic of our showssome pics of my last show - les mis... more pics, as well as the animated projections i created and the turntable (which van GREATLY helped with), can be seen on my site listed below...
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