The properties director's handbook : managing a prop shop for theatre / Sandra J. Strawn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strawn, Sandra J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stage props--Design and construction.

Stage props.

Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery.

Theaters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Managing a prop shop for theatre

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

You may be familiar with how to hang lights, build scenery, or run a high school/college/community theatre, but few are familiar with the nitty-gritty details of being a properties director or prop master. There has an utter lack of information on this topic in the market.until now. Sandy Strawn brings together her incredible 30 years of prop making and managing in this concise guide to managing a prop shop and show built. She skillfully explains planning, pre-production, production, and post-production procedures, budgeting, collaborations with other stagehands, and planning a prop shop fr

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 What is a Prop?; 2 Who Does What; Skills; The Prop Staff; Contracts and Salaries; Finding Work; Beginning a Prop Career; Education and Training; 3 Preproduction and Planning; Research; Doing Internet Research; Prop Library; Design Meeting; 4 Getting Organized; Using a Tracking Numbers System; Getting Started; Show Bible; 5 Budgeting; Spreadsheet Tracking; Kinds of Budgets; Bookkeeping and Reporting; 6 The Rehearsal and Production Process; The Rehearsal Report; Production Meeting; Rehearsal Props; Costumes; Electrics and Sound

Scenery7 The Build Process; Pulling From Stock; Borrow; Build; Buy; 8 The Production/Tech Process; Load-In; Technical Rehearsal; Opening Night/Run; Weapons; Consumables; Personals; Run Storage; Performance Reports; Strike; 9 The Prop Shop: Tools, Supplies, Space, and Storage; The Multiple-Space Shop; The Single-Space Shop; Prop Stock and Storage; Appendix; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-07446-1

0-203-06638-3

1-283-89464-5

1-135-07447-X

9780203066386

OCLC:

823389793