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This is a rather interesting (if I may say so myself) set I designed and built for A Doll’s House by Ibsen back in the day. The style is what I call the “magic chainsaw”. Imagine that you have a standard 4-sided room that you twist and warp so that …
This is an interesting CD that I was able to pickup on Discogs.com. It is, apparently, extremely rare and I have been trying to find a copy for ages. It is, as you can see, Noel Coward in Las Vegas. I have a particularly good LP copy of Noel Coward …
At one time or another there are two shows with which all theatre people will eventually be involved. One is The Man Who Came to Dinner, and the other is The Odd Couple. In my case, I only worked on The Man Who Came to Dinner twice (once in high …
One of the questions that I have been asked numerous times over the years is, “Did your theatre background actually help in ‘everyday’ life?” Well, I guess you could call it one of the benefits of a liberal arts education, but, yes, my theatre background has helped, and continues to …
Here’s a little story from back in the theatre days that you might find interesting. The adventures took place while I was doing Dracula for the first time. Yes, the first time. I have done Dracula twice. The production was at a small college in Central Illinois that will remain …
As the Halloween approaches I am reminded of this incident: One Friday afternoon a call was patched through to my line. The caller was inquiring if we handled a particular model of fog machine. The unit in question was manufactured by Martin, and was probably the largest “over the …
Waaaay back in 1988 I had an article published in the now-defunct Theatre Crafts magazine. I am making available a PDF of that article, “Sniper Shots” here. It is, if I may say so, rather interesting. Back in the day, that being the late 1970s and early ’80s, some …
Now, this issue we will go back in time to when I was designing and building theatrical scenery. One of the basic things that we were taught was how to build theatrical wagons. Wagons are rolling platforms. They are an essential component to scenery in the theatre. When they are …
