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Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Some set conundrums we've worked on over the years:  

The trick chair and torture rack for The Addams Family.  Also--levitating Fester.  

The table that gets karate-chopped in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Rube Goldberg piece in the joke shop in Hairspray

The flame pit/chamber for the finale of Pippin

Creative substitutions for the water in Metamorphoses

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Dot's dress needs to open up so she can walk out of it in "Sunday in the Park with George."  

The play "Rounding Third" has a cellphone that needs to ring throughout the show but then gets smashed on stage at one point while it's ringing. 

In "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson," Jackson's whole family gets shot by arrows on stage in the first scene.

Some set conundrums we've worked on over the years:  

The trick chair and torture rack for The Addams Family.  Also--levitating Fester.  

The table that gets karate-chopped in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The Rube Goldberg piece in the joke shop in Hairspray

The flame pit/chamber for the finale of Pippin

Creative substitutions for the water in Metamorphoses

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Something's Afoot - a couch that swallows people (i seem to recall) and a falling weapon that kills a character.

Skin of Our Teeth - Act 1 - Suburban New Jersey during the last Ice Age.  Act 2 - The Atlantic City Boardwalk before The Great Flood.  Act 3 - After the war.  (Pick one or pick them all)

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild - Movie sequences come out of her head in a NYC back apartment.  e.g. King Kong's hand breaks through a wall and grabs Mildred.

Have fun!

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

"dead mans cell phone" - (language warning) character commits suicide by climbing into a working brick bar-b-que

Warren Kerr

Something's Afoot - a couch that swallows people (i seem to recall) and a falling weapon that kills a character.

Skin of Our Teeth - Act 1 - Suburban New Jersey during the last Ice Age.  Act 2 - The Atlantic City Boardwalk before The Great Flood.  Act 3 - After the war.  (Pick one or pick them all)

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild - Movie sequences come out of her head in a NYC back apartment.  e.g. King Kong's hand breaks through a wall and grabs Mildred.

Have fun!

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman. A collection of Greek myths that take place in and around a pool of water. The students could design for your theater or an outdoor space. If you wanted to get technical, you could dive into the weight of water and what would be needed to support it. Or you could just let their imaginations run wild. If you're not familiar with the play, do a google image search or a youtube search.

"dead mans cell phone" - (language warning) character commits suicide by climbing into a working brick bar-b-que

Warren Kerr

Something's Afoot - a couch that swallows people (i seem to recall) and a falling weapon that kills a character.

Skin of Our Teeth - Act 1 - Suburban New Jersey during the last Ice Age.  Act 2 - The Atlantic City Boardwalk before The Great Flood.  Act 3 - After the war.  (Pick one or pick them all)

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild - Movie sequences come out of her head in a NYC back apartment.  e.g. King Kong's hand breaks through a wall and grabs Mildred.

Have fun!

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Something's Afoot - a couch that swallows people (i seem to recall) and a falling weapon that kills a character.

Skin of Our Teeth - Act 1 - Suburban New Jersey during the last Ice Age.  Act 2 - The Atlantic City Boardwalk before The Great Flood.  Act 3 - After the war.  (Pick one or pick them all)

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild - Movie sequences come out of her head in a NYC back apartment.  e.g. King Kong's hand breaks through a wall and grabs Mildred.

Have fun!

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Good Morning,

A great show for creating interesting props and fx is Still Life with Iris.  It takes place in the imaginary world of Nocturno where things are made for the daytime word.  There are wind up bugs which need their spots painted on, a thunder bottling machine, flowers that go from unpainted to painted instantly, a giant sheLL etc. bIt was great fun creating all those things when we did the show.

Something's Afoot - a couch that swallows people (i seem to recall) and a falling weapon that kills a character.

Skin of Our Teeth - Act 1 - Suburban New Jersey during the last Ice Age.  Act 2 - The Atlantic City Boardwalk before The Great Flood.  Act 3 - After the war.  (Pick one or pick them all)

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild - Movie sequences come out of her head in a NYC back apartment.  e.g. King Kong's hand breaks through a wall and grabs Mildred.

Have fun!

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun. 

Sweeney Todd.  Mechanical chair, traps, aerial delivery of the chair, lots of locations.  Great challenge!

Wizard of Oz.  Lots of locations, flying, pyro (or fake pyro). . .basically how to tell the story with a given budget.  Maybe have one group do it low budget and one group do it big budget, and see where they overlap.

Hope this helps :-)

Good Morning,

A great show for creating interesting props and fx is Still Life with Iris.  It takes place in the imaginary world of Nocturno where things are made for the daytime word.  There are wind up bugs which need their spots painted on, a thunder bottling machine, flowers that go from unpainted to painted instantly, a giant sheLL etc. bIt was great fun creating all those things when we did the show.

Something's Afoot - a couch that swallows people (i seem to recall) and a falling weapon that kills a character.

Skin of Our Teeth - Act 1 - Suburban New Jersey during the last Ice Age.  Act 2 - The Atlantic City Boardwalk before The Great Flood.  Act 3 - After the war.  (Pick one or pick them all)

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild - Movie sequences come out of her head in a NYC back apartment.  e.g. King Kong's hand breaks through a wall and grabs Mildred.

Have fun!

Hi, 

I am looking for a list of shows that have interesting or unique set or prop requirements. I am teaching a course in which the students learn the art of creative thinking in design. I want to challenge them with real life design problems. Things like making it rain on stage, set pieces that need to fall part night after night, etc. Any suggestions?  Thanks! I am excited for this course to get going, I think it will be a lot of fun.