Drowsy Chaperone - The backdrops I used:

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Above is the MANSION TAB from Triad Stage Sceneshop.  I used it in the fantasy GARDEN SCENE along with a faux stone fountain (Triad) and two practical lamp posts (our stock).   This tab drop is one of my all-time favorite drops from this or any renter.  It's absolutely beautiful.  I've used it before, in shows including Music Man.  (Click to enlarge).

Above is the SIAM HALLWAY (aka "Buddha drop") from HART professional theatre in the mountains of North Carolina.  It was ideal for the funny scene in Drowsy Chaperone where they briefly make fun of The King and I.   We rented it once before for the real King and I musical.

Technical notes:  The drop is old and the paint is cracking, but it still looks stunning from a distance.  My proscenium stage requires drops to be 20 feet tall, but this one is only 13 feet tall.  So I had to add a red velour teaser above it by hanging a second batten, "trapeze style", under the primary batten.

THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

TILTING MURPHY BED and FLYING AIRPLANE PROP!  (click photos to enlarge)

Boat for LITTLE MERMAID, JR.

Sloan Theatre, Greensboro Day School

We have 22 houselight fixtures in the ceiling.  They are the cans in the upper-left of this photo.  They are controlled by an ETC Sensor dimmer system intended for theatrical spotlights.  I would like to replace the 250 watt incandescent PAR lamps with dimmable LEDs of the same output.

March event

Storage for Gobos

Over the years I have tried several different ways to organize and store my gobo patterns. Until recently, I had them in a storage notebook intended for CDs. But they kept falling out of the sleeves.

So now I'm trying so clear Lucite storage trays from Target. I think they are intended for bathroom stuffor make-up, but they work well for this. They are stackable, and I can put a dozen gobos in each compartment under catagories such as "trees" or "clouds". I have about 130 gobos right now, and this method seems to be working OK so far.

(Click photo to enlarge).