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​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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Hi, Crit,

Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but here's a post from my blog on how sets are designed:

https://setdesignandtech.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/a-design-from-start-to-finish/

And a concept I wish I had learned in school much earlier myself:

https://setdesignandtech.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/two-hats-and-when-to-switch-them-designer-and-builder/

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George F. Ledo
Set designer
www.setdesignandtech.wordpress.com
www.georgefledo.net
http://astore.amazon.com/sdtbookstore-20
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2018 09:20
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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Original Message------

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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Attached is my design. We don't have space for two stories, so I built four steps and a small landing for the xylophone. To the left of the landing are steps the actors used to enter/exit from the "second floor". Used 10' tall wall panels. Actors entered/exit the house to the right of the steps.

Basement door on the left and kitchen (swinging) door on the right. Directors wanted stained (not painted) wood trim, so that was expensive. Having all the oddities on the walls really helps.

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Duane Siewert
Set Design and Construction
Perrysburg OH
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2018 09:20
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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Rotated image.

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Duane Siewert
Set Design and Construction
Perrysburg OH
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-07-2018 09:02
From: Duane Siewert
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

Attached is my design. We don't have space for two stories, so I built four steps and a small landing for the xylophone. To the left of the landing are steps the actors used to enter/exit from the "second floor". Used 10' tall wall panels. Actors entered/exit the house to the right of the steps.

Basement door on the left and kitchen (swinging) door on the right. Directors wanted stained (not painted) wood trim, so that was expensive. Having all the oddities on the walls really helps.

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Duane Siewert
Set Design and Construction
Perrysburg OH

Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2018 09:20
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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Here are some photos of my designs for our production of this play.  We did two sets of steps, several doors, and a half-height wall and door to the exterior on stage left.  






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Kristen Statt
Thunderhawk Theater Director
Lakota East High School
Liberty Twp, OH
Kristen.statt@lakotaonline.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2018 09:20
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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I sent you a message directly, but I'll upload a couple of pictures here.


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C. J. Breland
Asheville High School
Asheville NC
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2018 09:20
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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Here are a few pics from our production a few years back. First one is under work light before starting show.  Basement door USC. With the 3 step landing in front of it, it gave the impression they were coming "up" from the basement.

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Michael Cordonnier
Waynesville OH
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2018 09:20
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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​Thanks all for the responses. There is some amazing work shared! Much appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2018 09:20
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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Front door USL. 
Basement DSR. 
Kitchen and xylophone USR.

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Tobin Strader
Visual and Performing Arts Department Chair,
Theatre Arts Instructor
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School,
Indianapolis, IN
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-08-2018 13:00
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Thanks all for the responses. There is some amazing work shared! Much appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School

Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2018 09:20
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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Our set pre-show. Basement door off SR not pictured. Walls were this gorgeous burgandy red!

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Jennifer Jordan
Director of Theater and Dance
Miss Hall's School
Pittsfield MA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-06-2018 09:20
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: You Can't Take It With You

​Hello friends of the arts. We are potentially looking at producing "You Can't Take It With You" and am interested how you came up with your set design. Any thoughts, words of wisdom or photos would be greatly appreciated.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School
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