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Scenic Shop Artists paint a drop for Act II of Kent Stowell's Cinderella.
Photo by Jill Sabella.
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Scene Shop
What goes into building a set?
Materials are determined by the nature of the design. Wood, metal, and
plastic all have their advantages and use of each is determined by
structural demands. PNB is fortunate in that the same people that
build the scenery in the shop, operate and install it in the theater.
This can however, make scheduling tricky. The shop has to work to
budget their building around the home season and the touring schedule
of the company. They do most building in the summer if they are able
to get the designs. However, because of this intermittent process,
some shows, like A Midsummer Night's Dream, can take a year to
build. The only thing that separates the amount of technical
creativity the shop has with each set is the amount of money allocated
for each work, which does vary.
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