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No Fly Tower, No Wing Space: How to Stage a Big School Musical Anyway
You've committed to the show. Now you're staring at a stage with a ceiling too low to fly anything and wings barely wide enough for a costume rack, wondering how...
No Fly Tower, No Wing Space: How to Stage a Big School Musical Anyway
You've committed to the show. Now you're staring at a stage with a ceiling too low to fly anything and wings barely wide enough for a costume rack, wondering how...
Why Do I Design Every Scene Five Times?
There's a decision I made early on when building StageScape Projections that costs me a significant amount of extra time with every single scene I create. Instead of designing one...
Why Do I Design Every Scene Five Times?
There's a decision I made early on when building StageScape Projections that costs me a significant amount of extra time with every single scene I create. Instead of designing one...
Transforming a Beast
How do you transform the Beast on stage without copying a 30 year old illusion? In this behind-the-scenes video, I take you inside the design process for one of the...
Transforming a Beast
How do you transform the Beast on stage without copying a 30 year old illusion? In this behind-the-scenes video, I take you inside the design process for one of the...
Killing a Disney Villain
How do you kill off a Disney villain on stage without putting your cast in danger? In this behind-the-scenes video, I take you inside the design process for Gaston’s dramatic...
Killing a Disney Villain
How do you kill off a Disney villain on stage without putting your cast in danger? In this behind-the-scenes video, I take you inside the design process for Gaston’s dramatic...
Designing with Light | The Mob Song from Beauty and the Beast
Some musical numbers are already so full of energy that the challenge isn’t creating drama, it’s finding a way to match it. The Mob Song from Beauty and the Beast is...
Designing with Light | The Mob Song from Beauty and the Beast
Some musical numbers are already so full of energy that the challenge isn’t creating drama, it’s finding a way to match it. The Mob Song from Beauty and the Beast is...
Designing Projections for Beauty and the Beast
There’s something about Beauty and the Beast that stays with you, that stays with me. Before it was a stage musical, before it was a Broadway spectacle, it was a film...
Designing Projections for Beauty and the Beast
There’s something about Beauty and the Beast that stays with you, that stays with me. Before it was a stage musical, before it was a Broadway spectacle, it was a film...