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By Lindsay Price

Five Hours to Tape a Stage

The McCarter Theatre in New Jersey posted a video on their website of the Stage Management Team taping out the rehearsal hall for their production of A Christmas Carol.

If you want to see what goes into the set up of a BIG production watch this video. It takes Stage Managment 5 to 6 hours to tape out the floor! The final visual of the tape is pretty amazing…

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