tiny father
Written by: Mike Lew
Photo by Daniel Rader
My first doorway.
I have built flats in my time in theatre but never a door flat. It was a really great build process and a learning experience in maintaining a square doorway.
Method: 1x3 Hollywood style build, glue and medium crowned frame, glued and narrow crowned facing, seams and staple holes joint compounded and sanded.
New jacks for show and stock.
There’s something really nice about a built unit being returned from stock. We knew the Jacks would be used on the show then returned to the shop but it felt nice to replace the previous ones that were falling apart.
Method: Built out of 1x3, used wide crown in a crow’s feet pattern to hold, then placed cornerblocks and keystones over top and narrow crowned.
Simple flat construction.
As can be seen in the header photo, tiny father had a portal that bordered all sides of the stage and was lit. It was broken up into 6 simple pieces and I built a few of them.
Method: 1x3 Hollywood, glue and medium crowned frame, glue and narrow crowned facing.
A totally unique load-in.
This set and load-in was like nothing I’ve experienced before due to the fact that the set wanted to be as realistic and accurate as possible. This includes most of the wall details, the doorway, windows, and other amenities in the set.
Detail Projects: Adding a fire alarm to the wall, adding lights on either side wall, adding light switches, adding outlets, adding a sink with running water, the door closer device, adding the plexi windows to walls, installing a drop ceiling, and adding the curtain tracks and curtains.
Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Scenic Designer Wilson Chin; Costume Designer Tilly Grimes; Lighting Designer Alan C. Edwards; Sound Designer & Original Music Daniela Hart; PSM Andrew Petrick
Technical Director Tom Minucci; Assistant Technical Directors Chris Konstantinitis and Vega Hernandez; Scenic Charge Kelly Sherlock; Lead Carpenter Alec Westmoreland; Carpenters Olivia Nyman, Lily Rehberg, Hailey Sanchez, and Catina Schneck