Bonnets: How Ladies of Good Breeding are Induced to Murder

Technical Director

Penn State Centre Stage

Pavilion Theatre

11/14/23 - 11/17/23; 11/28/23 - 12/2/23

As the Technical Director, I was responsible for carrying the set through the production. I’m proud of my work considering it’s my first time in the role. It was new to budget a full production, create a build calendar, need to draft a show and coordinate schedules with paints.

The biggest challenge of the show was the rolling platforms that were designed in the shape of Einstein tiles. The idea was that actors could easily manipulate the units while onstage and create different scene looks thanks to the dynamic interlocking nature of the shape. They were a lot to consider in terms of ease of load-in, how to approach the underlying structure, how the pneumatics would function and whether air casters could fit, and the most important question of actor operation.

Photo by Quinn McDonald

The solution to actor operation was building out walls on each platform to be as rigid as possible. Pictured left in performance photos and below in build plates. Each wall was made of 2x posts that were notched for two 10” L Brackets to reinforce it in addition to a 1/2” ply face that went down to the floor.

Directed by Jenny Lamb

Scenic Designer & Projections Designer Vega Hernandez; Costume Designer Lauren Bretl; Lighting Designer Riley Allsop; Sound Designer Carter Celgin; Production Stage Manager Evelyn Murphy-Welconish

Technical Director Hailey Sanchez; Deck Carpenter James Wolgast