Sketchup model for The Mousetrap unit set, placed in my SketchUp model of our auditorium to ensure proper sightlines and spacing.
Completed set for The Mousetrap.
SketchUp model of Snoopy's doghouse for a production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Proportions were researched from comic strip source material and translated to appropriate dimensions.
Snoopy's doghouse for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, final product.
Reverse angle of Snoopy's doghouse, with ladder and prop storage. Ladder had to be designed for ease of student actor climbing it as well as remaining hidden from audience.
Elle's Bedroom/Dewey's Trailer set piece for Legally Blonde. To save storage space and to ease the transition into the next scene, Elle's bedroom and Dewey's trailer shared a wagon (rolling platform) and the former turned around to become the latter.
Elle's bedroom for a production of Legally Blonde. In order to conserve storage space and prepare for a quick transition to the next scene, the bedroom has another set piece (Dewey's trailer) painted on the back (next photo).
This is the back of Elle's bedroom set for Legally Blonde. For the next scene, this set turns around, the trailer gooseneck flips out, and the door is replaced by a screen door from offstage (next photo).
Dewey's trailer set from Legally Blonde, fully changed from Elle's bedroom.
Castle set SketchUp model for Beauty and the Beast. As can be seen here, often the set designs would be broken into smaller wall sections so the set could be assembled in pieces. This allowed student crews to divide up the work and allowed parts of the set to be built while other stakeholders needed access to the full stage.
Finished Beauty and the Beast castle set. I supervised student crews in the construction, painting, and dressing of the set.
"Magic mirror" prop designed and constructed for Beauty and the Beast. Prop consists of electro-luminescent wire sewn to a piece of diffusion material and sandwiched between two other layers of reflective material. Four of these props were made, one for each character seen and one "generic" mirror.
Macafee house schematic from production of Bye, Bye Birdie. Entire house had to be built on wheels and in two sections due to needs of other auditorium users.
McAfee House set for Bye, Bye, Birdie. I researched vintage color palettes and styles for this set as well as other elements of the production.
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Set & Prop Design/Construction
A selection of sets and props I designed, built, and directed students to build during my tenure as Quince Orchard High School Theatre's Technical Director. Design considerations were the artistic needs of the show, director's vision, budget, and abilities of student crew members. Sets were designed in SketchUp.