The history of stagecraft, safety precautions, lighting, costumes, scenery, career planning tips, and more.

Helps actors, directors, stage managers, producers, and event planners understand every aspect of technical theater--from scenery, lighting, and sound to props, costumes, and stage management.

Information you need to make greener decisions with practical, workable solutions. Learn how to assess and improve every production area from costuming and painting, lighting and technical direction, to administrative offices and the rehearsal process.
(Also in print: PN2053 .J66 2014)

Demonstrates how to work with molds, castings, and vacuum forming equipment, stresses safety precautions, and discusses materials from paper-mache to breakaway glass.

This book explains the complex mixture of craft, collaboration and creativity behind successful lighting design, from first concept to development of design ideas, planning to realisation and, finally, public performance.

The book outlines the duties of the stage manager and assistant stage manager throughout a production, discussing not only what to do but why. The book identifies communication objectives for each phase of production, paperwork to be created, and the necessary questions to be answered in order to ensure success.