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The Tin Woman

Peninsula Players Theatre
Scenic Design by Sarah Ross
Photos feature; Erica Elam, Erin Noel Grennan, Joel Hatch, Matt Holzfeind, & Carol Kuykendall

Production Photos

photo credit; Bruce Mielke

Technical Challenge

In this new play by Sean Grennan, there were many scene changes which needed to flow together quickly and seamlessly.  The set consisted of three main scenic "houses" each had flown scrim panels to obscure them when focus was needed elsewhere.  Two of the "houses" were wagons which moved up and downstage when needed.  Since silence and ease of use was key, I decided to try a different style of wagon construction borrowing techniques from triscuit construction.

What's a Triscuit?

(Image below found on HSTech.org)

A triscuit is a style of stressed skin panel construction which has plywood skins on both sides of a thin wood frame.  The upside to this style of construction is a thin profile while also being very strong.  An added benefit is with proper casters, they can be very quiet when  moved.

Technical Ground Plan

This drawing shows the smaller units on the left and right of the much larger unit both in their upstage position and downstage position. The downstage position is represented by a dashed lined figure in the same shape as the original.

These drawings show how each wagon was built. They're quiet because since there is a bottom layer of plywood on the frame, there isn't the natural echo chamber commonly found in open frame platforms.

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