ABSTRACT

Technical Design Solutions for Theatre is a collection of single-focus articles detailing technical production solutions that have appeared in The Technical Brief Collection, a publication of the Yale School of Drama’s Technical Design and Production Department. The primary objective of the publication was to share creative solutions to technical problems so that fellow theatre technicians can avoid having to reinvent the wheel with each new challenge. The range of topics includes scenery, props, painting, projections, sound, and costumes. Each article describes an approach, device, or technique that has been tested onstage or in a shop.

  • Great reference of tips and solutions to persistent technical challenges in theatre production
  • Solutions provided by contributors from over twenty different producing organizations
  • Ten years of The Technical Brief Collection articles bound in each of three volumes
  • A comprehensive index to all three volumes included in Volume III

chapter 1|7 pages

Costumes

chapter 2|20 pages

Lighting

chapter 3|15 pages

Lighting Effects

chapter 4|11 pages

Painting

chapter 5|14 pages

Projections

chapter 6|42 pages

Props

chapter 7|12 pages

Rigging Hardware

chapter 8|27 pages

Rigging Techniques

chapter 9|7 pages

Safety

chapter 10|29 pages

Scenery

chapter 11|27 pages

Scenery Decks

chapter 12|21 pages

Scenery Hardware

chapter 13|14 pages

Scenery Mechanics

chapter 14|13 pages

Scenery Tools