Recent content by scenicsauthoff

Up to you. If you care about flag etiquette and have the time and man power to fold that way go for it. But you do run a venue so I'd treat it like a drop. Do the ties along the top along the batten make it technically not a proper flag? Additionally I don't believe large flags at ball games...

Taking a gap year and already thinking about dropping out make me wonder if institutionalized learning is right for you. (which is okay). Have you considered transferring to another school that has a better/more focused tech program? I would also bring this up to your main advisor and the...

I highly recommend 3/4" ply w/ weight relief or 1x. Nix the 2x4 styles- keep it light for the constant moving.My current shop has ones made of 3 pieces, each 3/4" ply with weight relief cut out. They slot into each other so no hinges or hardware, and the can be taken apart and stored only 2...

If a group is coming into your house with their own set - and if you don't assist in building the set and simply rent the venue - you could easily put in a clause that exempts you from any liability for what they do on that stage. As long as it's not your stage that hurts them.But to be a...

I'm working down in nola now. The rest of the Wicked tour at the Sanger has been cancelled. Not sure if the crew can get in to strike the set or not, don't believe they can. Hopefully the Mahalia Jackson can take some of the upcoming tours. There's about a two block radius of a mandatory...

If it doesn't need to be fancy, in regional theatre I used to just put up three stock flats with scrap duve as the entrance. If you don't stock 1x8, and have the room, use a 2x8 with a 4x8, to be a 6x6 room. Or ask. All riders are negotiable to some extent. Ask to see if a 4x4 will suffice.

@Andy Haefner a lot of this will depend on the school and the program. Smaller liberal arts schools can easily let you double major in different fields, while more intense schools, with a BFA program, might, but may frown upon it.I double majored with a BA and a non-related field and was...

Improved clinch knot. Very similar to the blood knot it seems. Never had a problem with it holding, only with making it a specific trim height.

Painting the pegboard first will help the tape stick better in my experience.But I would not recommended outlining the tools- at least not in marker or paint. A month/ semester/year later when you get more tools or different brands the outlines won't work and it'll take more time to redraw...

Do you have any more information on how you built this staircase?

I just moved into a new city and am sourcing places to purchase my lumber besides big box stores. I figure this might be a good place for all of us in our different cities to post which lumber yards are a good place/friendly face/cheap price to purchase lumber. Lowes and Home Depot can be...

Board stretcher is classic.On the ships we'd send them out to go "Whale Watching." They'd be on a fake radio and have to call in if they saw a whale out ahead so the ship (with all it's radar and officers) wouldn't run into them.

Hello all,I am tasked with creating a working water fountain for an upcoming production of Much Ado.The fountain will be built into a proscenium width staircase which makes up the apron of the stage. It is a statue where water is meant to come from some fish as the base and the mouth at the...

I am heading off to grad school soon to earn my MFA in Production Design and Production and I wanted to get a tablet that would be the most useful in our field. I will be doing general school work/papers/etc. But plan to use in the the theatre during builds and tech with Vectorworks.I am not...

There are plenty of knots that can come in handy. Theatre knots, boyscout knots, and sailor knots, but the only three you need to know are the bowline, clove hitch (in my mind not complete without a half hitch on the end), and truckers hitch. Those three got me through all my various jobs in...