Blood Wedding

by Federico García Lorca

Russell Ellis - Assistant Technical Director

Director: Paul Barnes

Scenic Design: Justin Ifland

Lighting Design: Isabel Furchner

Costume Design: Pluto Yost-Moore

Technical Director: Stephanie Haynes

Assistant Technical Directors: Russell Ellis & Finley Osborne

Photo: Marvin Walder

As an Assistant Technical Director on this production I led crews during the production, and drafted construction drawings for one set piece, a parapet wall. I also took the lead on rigging projects, preparing hardware for hanging from battens.

Parapet Walls

501 - Parapet Wall Construction

This set piece was a large wall that actors would stand and sit on, and was placed between raised platforms. As such I used a stud wall design to ensure stability. I oversaw construction and installation of the two wall segments. Ledger boards were used to attach into the upstage platform, as well as the frames being screwed into the floor.

Construction and Assembly of Stud Wall Framing

Installation of Parapet Walls with Platforming

Parapet Walls with Texture Applied

Archway Installation

The main setpiece of Blood Wedding was a large archway spanning the stage, across 3 columns. We used chain hoists hung from the grid to place the constructed archway on top of the columns. I assisted in the chain hoist placement and operation.

Columns Before Archway Installation

Archway Being Hoisted

Archway Final Placement

Rear of Arch after Installation

Broken Archway Extension

The archway needed an end cap for the downstage edge. I constructed this end extension with a plywood box and carved insulation foam

Carving the Foam

Painted and Ready for Install

Kabuki Drops Rigging

Kabuki drops were used for a forest scene, and needed to be reloaded every night. For this I attached tail down pipes from battens, so the kabuki drops could lower to the stage floor, avoiding the archway that the battens were placed above.

Tail Down Pipes

Kabuki Testing

Dowel Roundovers

To achieve a tiled look on the downstage raised platforms I attached 1-1/4" diameter dowel to the edges to create a roundover. I created a jig to split the dowel lengthwise, with the jig surrounding the blade, and the holse in front and back guiding the cut.

Dowel Cutting Jig

Installed Roundover

Roundover Painted

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