Artists at Work

Actress Sally Wingert gives us a glimpse into life behind-the-scenes as an actor.

Discover how Fight Director Kara Wooten turned her mother’s Southern cotillion dream into an empowering career of choreographing fights for the stage

Setting the stage with scenery – an inside look at set design

Hitting all the right notes – the science of Stephen Sondheim’s music

Building the production – the magic of making it rain onstage

Making space to play – a director’s approach to the rehearsal process

Scenic artists at work – an inside look at our paint shop

Telling a story with lights – an inside look at lighting design

Creating an environment for artists to work – an inside look at stage management

When mere words aren’t enough – an inside look at musicals

Transforming the space – from a bare stage to a South Pacific island

Dressing the part – an inside look at costume design

Drapers and tailors and stitchers, oh my! Using a costume designer’s sketch, our costume department builds each one of our costumes by hand. 

After our carpenters and painters build the scenery in our shop, it’s ready for load-in. Scenery is moved through the production link and onto the stage. Each floor, or deck, is unique to the production. 

From reupholstering an armchair to making a custom candle, our props artisans build unique props and also refurbish props from stock.  

Alas, poor painters! Our artists can create period wallpaper on a grand scale, a recreation of a famous Seurat painting, stunningly realistic woodgrain, and everything in between.

A bird’s eye view of the scene shop showcases carpenters at work on a set for Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore.

Each of our scenic artists is a jack-of-all-trades, with the ability to weld structures in all shapes and sizes directly from the imaginations of our scenic designers.

It takes a village to create scenery for three stages. Here the painters put the final touches on a custom stained-glass window.