When we got back from Iceland my desktop computer wouldn’t boot. Uh-oh. We took it into a repair shop and learned that the hard disk was frozen. For a mere $1000 they could ship it off to California where the data could be retrieved. Was there anything on it that I needed that badly? Our […]
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Most of the time a set designer draws a pretty picture and then a TD (technical director) makes it a reality. I think I’ve been able to do that with one set. Most of the time, because of the limitations of puppets, I have to think about the mechanical as I’m designing. Also, because I’m
Touring to schools is different from touring to venues in one major way. The performers set up the show in schools. In venues, you frequently have stagehands. School tours also often have to set up and tear down the same show at two different locations in a day. Here’s what I’m thinking about when I
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