PNB's Carmina Burana. Photo by David Cooper.

Scene Shop

• The two most difficult projects undertaken by the shop were the Nutcracker Toy Theatre and the giant wheel from Carmina Burana.
• The Nutcracker Christmas tree was made in a Boeing flight hanger of materials used in airplane construction, and weighs 950 pounds.
• Over 115 props are used in Nutcracker
• The shop produces 200 pounds of snow created from fireproof paper for the winter scene of Nutcracker.
• 37 stage hands work backstage during each Nutcracker performance.
• The crew installs over 1,000 miniature light bulbs on the Nutcracker Christmas tree.
• The giant golden wheel in Carmina Burana that pivots over the stage is twenty six feet tall and weighs 2,450 pounds.
• Cinderella's filigreed 23-foot carriage took two carpenters six months to build.
• One of the twelve scenic drops in Cinderella was painted by a computer.
• The chandeliers, pewter and china in Cinderella were found in antique stores.
• It takes six semi-trucks to move The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet sets into the Opera House.