MK = Mike Katz, Technical Director
LH = Leslie Held, Costuming
DB = Diane Brainerd, Costume Shop Supervisor
SB = Sara Brown, Scenery
KP = Karen Perlow, Lighting
| SES # | TOPICS | INSTRUCTORS | LOCATION | NOTES/QUIZ/PROJECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro to production | All | Set Shop |
Theater production (PDF) Rules and regulations |
| 2 | Scenic construction 1: flats and platforms | MK | Set Shop | Scenic units (PDF) |
| 3 | Scenic construction 2: scenic materials | MK | Set Shop |
Materials (PDF) Theatrical lumber weights and dimensions (PDF) Quiz: scenic |
| 4 | Theater vocabulary and architecture | MK/SB | Little Theatre |
Theater vocabulary (PDF) Theater terms for the stagehand (PDF) |
| 5 | Scenic construction 3: moving scenery and intro to the set shop | MK | Set Shop |
Moving scenery and intro to the shop (PDF) Quiz: vocabulary |
| 6 | Puppet workshop (2 evenings) | Guest | Set Shop | Attendance is optional |
| REPA job fair | Boston | |||
| 7 | Scenic construction 4: safety in the set shop | MK | Set Shop |
Hand and power tool safety (PDF) Quiz: scenic |
| 8 | Scenic construction 5: set shop tool use | MK | Set Shop | |
| 9 | Costume construction 1 | LH/DB | Costume Shop | Quiz: scenic |
| 10 | Costume construction 2 | LH/DB | Costume Shop | Final project proposals due |
| 11 | Costume construction 3 | LH/DB | Costume Shop | Quiz: costume |
| 12 | Midterm presentations | All | Classroom | |
| 13 | Costume construction 4 | LH/DB | Costume Shop | Quiz: costume |
| 14 | Costume construction 5 | LH/DB | Costume Shop | |
| 15 | Lighting 1 | KP | Little Theatre | |
| 16 | Lighting 2 | KP | Little Theatre | |
| 17 | Knots and rigging | MK | Set Shop |
Knots (PDF) Quiz: lights |
| 18 | Scene painting 1 | SB | Paint Deck | Paint clothes required! |
| 19 | Scene painting 2 | SB | Paint Deck |
Paint clothes required! Quiz: painting/knots |
| 20 | Scene painting 3 | SB | Paint Deck | Paint clothes required! |
| 21 | Drafting for the theater | KP, MK, SB | Classroom | Quiz: painting |
| 22 | Stage management | SB/MK | Classroom | Stage managing manual (PDF - 2.5MB) (Courtesy of Teresa Hernandez. Use with permission.) |
| 23 | Design seminar | All | Classroom | Quiz: drafting/stage management |
| 24 | Sound 1: production | MK | Classroom | |
| 25 | Sound 2: playback | MK | Classroom | |
| 26 | Studio day | Work on final projects! | ||
| 27 | Final presentations | All | Classroom |
