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I read the old thread about the shower without getting wet from South Pacific but it didn't help my predicament. My question is about designing the shower in general. We had a completely self-contained shower on stage during my undergrad, but I don't know how it was done. I assume via some type...

Van, I would love to hear your suggestions, and yes, my first course of action is to convince said director that real glass = bad idea. However, in the event that they are set on it - I would really appreciate any suggestions you might have.

Another interesting question from a grad student. In a shootout scene onstage, is there a low tech way to break glass, a small pane in a window for instance? Some parameters include: it's supposed to break outward, (or offstage), there are supposed to be several different small panes broken in...

Van, Sounds like you may be able to help on a related question. 1st year TD MFA grad student so we are talking theatre. I have used a flag drop before, and am trying to adapt the technology to drop individual leaves. I was wondering if you could tell me what type of solenoid system is...

Greetings, I am a 1st year grad student, hoping to get an MFA in technical direction. I came across this site by running a google search and saw a very helpful thread much of which was posted by a TD. I signed up pretty quick as I think this may be more helpful to me than the instructor of...