Props Departments are an often underlooked in high school or small community theatres, they are given a props list and told to get or build them. Sometimes you just don't have a clue where to find them or even what they are supposed to look like. Eric Hart, who writes a blog on props, wrote an excellent article for ControlBooth.com on How to Research Props. It's located in our Collaborative Articles Wiki, another great free resource on ControlBooth.com.