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Confessions of a Props Person #153:

We’re 5 months into this pandemic and I’ve run out of household items to renonvate and repair.

Send help.

Better yet...

Send me a dumpster of stuff.

#props #theatre #props confessions #COVID-19 #diy #bored in quarantine #shelter in place

Confessions of a Props Person #152:

Considering the shelter-in-place, I keep telling myself that now is the time to finally sit down and go through that one big bin of miscellaneous art and crafting junk (you know the one I mean, it’s full of random fabric scraps, half-used paint, dead brushes, dried glue, and who knows what else). Yet every time I pop the lid and stare into the abyss, the abyss whispers back and says “but you may need this” and then I swiftly shut the lid again.

#props #theatre #props confessions #spring cleaning #not today #COVID-19 #shelter in place

shredsandpatches

For reference: colors produced using dyes available in the Middle Ages. [source]

cmsturken

This is super neat!

#middle ages #fabric dye #fabric

Confessions of a Props Person #151:

When someone loved your prop so much that they want to keep it after the show:

#props #theatre #props confessions #make me blush

No more notes for me? Show complete. Props Person out.

#props #theatre #props confessions #tech week

Cloud 9’s Victoria is ready for tech week.

#props #theatre #props confessions #stage props #doll #tech week

stagemanagerssaygo

The new props master puts all the severed heads on spikes near the door to her workroom

They all have rules like “Ask permission before taking my tools” and “If you break it, tell someone” on signs hanging from their necks.

#props #theatre #props master

Confessions of a Props Person #150:

“Props on a Train” - the lessor known sequel to “Snakes on a Plane.”

#props #theatre #props confessions #in transit #passenger train

Confessions of a Props Person #149:

I ordered a 3’ antique doll, it has arrived in a 1’ x 1’ x 1’ box. I’m mildly terrified to open it. What unnaturally contorted creature lies within this box!?

#props #theatre #props confessions #creepy #doll #stage props

Confessions of a Props Person #148:

When in doubt, bring that saved box of Girl Scout Cookies to Tech. The crew will go wild for a box of Thin Mints.

#props #theatre #props confessions #tech snacks #girl scout cookies #happiness

Confessions of a Props Person #147:

Well, it wouldn’t be outdoor theatre without losing at least one prop to a hungry critter.

#props #theatre #props confessions #outdoor theatre #critters

Confessions of a Props Person #146:

I’m out of budget, out of time, in the middle of the woods doing outdoor theatre, and we need another tray.

*Takes the lid off a box and flips it upside down*

There. Instant tray. It’ll be fine. Prop Person out.

#theatre #props #props confessions #stage props #outdoor theatre #diy

Confessions of a Props Person #145:

Yep, just cruising around town with two prop tommy guns on my backseat...that I forgot about, like an idiot. Honestly, it’s a miracle that I haven’t been arrested yet at this point in my career.

#props #theatre #props confessions #prop fail #forgetful

Confessions of a Props Person #144:

It’s kind of an unspoken rule of production meetings that Props is always last on the agenda so when your Production Manager spontaneously moves to Props second, my brain is like: “Wait what? What are we talking about? Oh Props. Really? Like right now? Ummm...words, what are words?”