The Properties Director’s Toolkit: Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication for Prop Shop Management in the Theatre and Performing Arts

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Sense and Sensibility
Chapter 2: Job Titles and Duties
	Skills and Duties: The Prop Shop
	The Prop Staff
	Titles in Related Disciplines
2.5: Working in Film
Chapter 3: What Is a Prop?
	Hand Props
	Set Props
	Stage Dressing
Chapter 4: Pre-Production and Planning
	Preliminary Prop List
	Research
	Finding Images and Doing Research Online
	Prop Library
Chapter 5: Getting Started
	Initial Production Design Meeting
	The Prop List
	Formatting the List
	Using Column Headers
	Using a Tracking Numbers System
	Making a Plan
	Show Bible
5.5: Working in Regional Theatre
Chapter 6: Budgeting
	Preliminary Show Budget
	Spreadsheet Tracking
	Kinds of Budgets
	Bookkeeping and Reporting
Chapter 7: The Build Process
	The Juggle
	Pulling from Stock
	Borrow
	Buy
	Build
7.5: Working with Scenic Designers
Chapter 8: The Rehearsal and Production Process
	Working with Stage Management
	Production Meetings
	Rehearsal Props
	Stage Weapons
	Production Collaboration
	Scenery
	Scenic Art
	Costumes
	Electrics
	Sound
8.5: Working with Stage Management
Chapter 9: The Production/Tech Process
	Load-in
	Technical and Dress Rehearsals
	Opening Night/Run
	Weapons
	Consumables
	Personals
	Run Storage
	Performance Reports
	Strike
Chapter 10: Co-Productions and Rentals
	Prop Rentals
	Co-Productions
	Packing and Shipping
	Receiving Company
	Budget/Planning After Original Run
10.5: Working in Children’s Theatre
Chapter 11: Having a Career in Props
	Finding Work
	Contracts and Salaries
	Freelance Work
	Apprenticeships and Internships
	Training and Education
11.5: Working as a Freelance Prop Maker
Chapter 12: The Prop Shop
	Space, Tools, Supplies, Storage
	The Multiple Space Shop
	The Single Space Prop Shop
	Renovating or Planning a Prop Shop
Appendix
Index