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Our program is able to pay its staff much in the same way.  We have contract-established extra-duty pay amounts for a director and assistants.  The two numbers can be added together and then redistributed into many smaller pieces, for example, to pay pit musicians, set builders, choreographers, etc. ...

Dear colleagues, I need your help. Our new building principal is targeting and very likely eliminating our long-standing tradition of putting up a school day preview of our musicals/plays. To explain, we have been fortunate to be able to charge a reduced ticket price to allow our student body to come ...

That's a tough thing to deal with. We have learned to do several things to make our audition process better and less problematic after the fact. Prior to the audition we always hold a workshop. This is where we play through the songs (for a musical) and talk about characters, the story, and any special ...

I am so glad to see someone else used a turntable. I was wondering about that, too.  We did a three-sided, "lazy-susan" style set for a production of Wizard of Oz back many, many years ago, and we built it on a turntable.  So I know a turntable is an option, but it would necessitate placing the set a ...

Here's a pic with the car. It was built so that the grill, both bumpers, and all 4 hubcaps are removable. In this shot, the grill is not yet attached. It also has working headlights and two doors that open and close.

I realize it might be too far of a drive from Troy, but you should consider renting from Grand Rapids Civic Theater.  They have a very nice Greased Lightning car built over an electric golf cart.  Their scenic designer, David Len, is a good guy and quite reasonable on rental rates.  I have rented that ...

I am considering doing Noises Off at some point here for our high school, and I am wondering what advice there might be out there from those of you who have done it before. Thanks! Ken SmithLakewood High School TheaterLake Odessa, MI

Does anyone know what a good stage floor paint would be? We have tried so many varieties over the years, but nothing seems to be as good as the original paint job when we opened our new auditorium eight years ago. Since then, we paint the stage floor for specific shows, and then afterwards we paint it ...