The Stagecraft Handbook

boldGet the complete, illustrated guide to scenery construction/boldbr/br/ Using nails and wood, fabric and paint, hardware and rigging, you create an illusion. You build the make-believe world of the play.br/br/ Now you have a scene-shop manual to help you. In The Stagecraft Handbook, Daniel A. Ionazzi, director of production for the UCLA Department of Theater, offers trap-room-to-grid guidance. Clearly written, heavily illustrated, this book covers every aspect of scenery construction.br/br/ Turn here and learn about:bulletlist bulletthe four primary stage configurations–proscenium, thrust, arena and environmental bulletflying scenery and moving floors bulletorganizing the scene shop to make good scenery quickly and inexpensively bulletshop tools and safety bulletscaled drawings, models and other communications tools you'll use to translate the designer's vision into a set bulletmaterials commonly used in building scenery bulletconstruction techniques for flats, platforms and other standard scenic units bulletinstalling and rigging scenery bulletmaintaining an inventory of stock scenery/bulletlist Let The Stagecraft Handbook help you turn ordinary materials into extraordinary illusions.