Illustrated Theatre Production Guide / Edition 2

by John Ramsey Holloway, John Holloway

Overview

Illustrated with 700-plus drawings, this text presents step-by-step instructions for common techniques of theater stagecraft. Coverage includes, for example, theatrical rigging, electrical theory, hand tools, construction of flats and stairs, polystyrene foam, and metal frame construction. Holloway, who teaches at the University of Kentucky, has built scenery for over 100 plays. The volume does not contain bibliographical references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc.,Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780240812045
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/15/2010
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Zachary Stribling received his BFA in Technical Theatre from the University of Evansville and an MFA in Technical Production from Florida State University. Working in commercial, industrial, and educational theatre for over 25 years, he has served as Technical Director for the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Faculty Technical Director at the University of Central Florida, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Technical Production at the Florida State University. He is currently a Senior Lecturer, Production Manager, and Technical Director at the University of Kentucky. In 2015 he co-authored the first edition of The Technical Director's Toolkit along with his dear friend Richard Girtain.

John Holloway earned an MFA from the Dallas Theater Center in 1980, and is now Professor Emeritus from the University of Kentucky, where he served as Technical Director/Designer for 35 years. He was President of IATSE Local 346 for two terms, and toured with several different Broadway shows.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Acknowledgments viii

Section 1 People and Process 1

1 Working in the Theatre 3

2 The Production Process 17

Section 2 The Theatre and its Equipment 23

3 Thrust Theatres 25

4 Black Box and Experimental Theatres 29

5 Proscenium Theatres 33

6 Curtains and Backdrops 40

7 Ropes and Knots 54

8 Theatre Rigging 61

9 Arena Rigging 75

Section 3 The Scene Shop and its Equipment 85

10 Shop Safety and PPE 87

11 Hand Tools 93

12 Shop Equipment 114

13 Building Materials 132

14 Hardware and Other Essential Theatre Supplies 147

Section 4 Building Scenery 179

15 Flats 181

16 Platforms and Decking 209

17 Stairs 225

18 Metal Construction 238

19 Construction Documents 260

20 Digital Fabrication 271

21 Scenic Machinery and Automation 277

Section 5 Stage Lighting 287

22 Electrical Theory 289

23 Power Distribution 306

24 Lighting Control 319

25 Photometries and Instrumentation 333

26 Hanging and Focusing 355

Section 6 Audio and Video 369

27 Audio Theory 371

28 Sound Reinforcement 378

29 Digital Audio Files 390

30 Video Projection for the Stage 401

Appendix 413

Index 421