1. Please write down this list: C Wrench 2” screw Phillips Hinge C clamp Needle nose pliers Screw gun Circular saw Tape measure Washer Bolt Nut Level 2x4 4x4 Alan wrench Paint roller Paint brush Drinking glass prop Eye protection

2. Technical Theatre Design Concept 1: Sets

3. What needs to be seen? What can you do without?

4. A Standard Boxed Set

5. Levels make sets interesting.

6. Attention to detail makes a difference.

7. It’s all about illusion and feeling.

8. How naturalistic can you get?

9. How much will the set interfere with playing space?

10. Will you use technology?

11. What sort of colors will you use?

12. Colors, levels, and technology…

13. Elizabethan Era—Even they understood the importance of levels.

14. “Rumors” GHHS, Fall 2012

15. Questions to remember for set design: Is your set going to be naturalistic, impressionistic, or abstract? Why? Will your set have levels? How will the levels affect the playing space? What colors will you use for your set? What mood do you believe your chosen colors will establish? What sort of stage are you designing this set for?

16. “The Dining Room” By A.R. Gurney The play takes place in a dining room. We see a lovely burnished, shining dining room table; two chairs, with arms, at either end; two more, armless along each side; several additional matching chairs, placed so as to define the walls of the room. Upstage somewhere, a sideboard, with a mirror over it. Upstage, Left, a swinging door leads to the pantry and kitchen. Upstage, Right, an archway leads to the front hall and the rest of the house. There should be a good, hardwood floor, possibly parquet, covered with a good, warm oriental rug. Since there are no walls in the dining room, windows should be suggested by lighting.