Sets & Scenic Design

Create worlds on stage.

From simple set pieces to full scenic concepts, these resources help students think about space, story, and the visual world of a production.

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Directing, Rehearsal, & Production Budgeting

Production Design on a Budget Toolkit

There is a lot of thought and preparation that goes into mounting a production, not least of which is a budget! The budget needs to be one of the first considerations when thinking about a show,...

Directing, Rehearsal, & Production Budgeting

Sets on a Budget: One Signature Piece

There’s nothing like a big, beautiful set to really create the mood and tone of a theatrical piece. With a little creativity, big and beautiful can also mean striking and singular. Sometimes the...

Podcast

Theatrefolk Podcast: Set Design: How to cut a big musical down to size

Episode 94: Set Design: How to cut a big musical down to size Set Designer Sean Martin talks about how high schools can put on a big musical without breaking the bank with set design.

Technical Theatre Sets & Scenic Design

It’s a bed! It’s a bench! It’s a platform!

We saw a production of Football Romeo at Centre Dufferin High school and were mesmerized by this set piece. It’s a bench! It’s a bed! It’s a platform! It’s on wheels! It’s everything! The stage, as...

Directing, Rehearsal, & Production Staging Challenges

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...

Technical Theatre Sets & Scenic Design

Video: How to Paint a Brick Backdrop

Paul Overton is creating an instructional video on scenic painting for high school and middle school theatre. He posted a sample on his blog. Looks like a great start so far.