Recent content by morganmac

Thanks, all. We were gifted a large amount of muslin a few years ago and haven't really had a use for it yet, so that was part of the cost-saving theory behind this possibility. Our department chair had the idea, and I wasn't opposed to it in theory, but I wanted to do some homework. Sounds like...

We are looking at the double whammy of elevated lumber prices AND institutional budget cuts at our university theatre. I'm trying to save on lumber costs where I can, and had the idea of doing our first set the season (Crimes of the Heart, in September) using soft cover flats. I've built muslin...

I am asking this while fully aware that it is probably an impossibility, but...The university where I work is using their multipurpose concert hall as the theatre venue until they build a proper theatrical space (the program is about 5 years old). The venue is gorgeous...for a concert hall...

Thanks for all the great ideas! We're combining a few of them to suit our purposes. The director is hellbent on the actress wearing a form-fitting costume which would make hiding the barf bag underneath nearly impossible. So we're hiding it inside a couch pillow that she's been hugging when she...

Hi all,I'm working on a production of God of Carnage, in which one of the actresses is supposed to vomit onstage. Per the script, it has to happen onstage, front and center and onto a coffee table, so there isn't any way to have the actress go offstage or hide it behind anything (believe me, I...

Thank you! That is so much simpler than what I was envisioning. Sometimes I can't see the forest for all the trees the director keeps adding to my to-do list!

Hi all...I am designing a production of Into the Woods (like everyone else this spring, it seems) and I wanted to get some feedback on my plan for making part of the Baker's house collapse when the giant steps on it. This was a recent request by the director, so I'm trying to figure out a cheap...

I've been watching these boards for a long time, but I'm just now leaping into the fray. I'm a director/theatre generalist who has somehow found myself becoming a scenic designer in the last few years. I design for a college program and oversee the students as they construct everything...so I am...

Longtime lurker, new poster. This thread has been a terrific resource for me as we work on an absurdly quick production of Into the Woods. We're doing a combination of several of these techniques so my students will get to try their hand at a little of everything. The builder paper bark is...