The Merry Wives of Windsor
By William Shakespeare
By William Shakespeare
Russell Ellis - Assistant Technical Director
Director: Domenique Lozano
Set Design: Nina Schiefelbein
Lighting Design: William Dockter
Costume Design: Siobhan Kelly
Technical Director: Stephanie Haynes
Assistant Technical Directors: Russell Ellis & Finley Osborne
Photo: Marvin Walder
I was an Assistant Technical Director for the Merry Wives of Windsor. In this position I led crews for construction, and took the lead on rigging scenery.
Hard Portal
For this show there was a proscenium extension, as well as a second false proscenium upstage, referred to as a hard portal. This hard portal was attached to the stage floor, and kept upright by rigging the flats to a batten kept in tension.
Pick Point on Flats
Batten Attachment
Hard Portal and False Proscenium
Flown Oak and Gazebo
I led the rigging for two flown set pieces, a gazebo and Herne's oak. These both landed on the central platform, and were constructed with a Broadway flat frame and lauan.
Gazebo Pick Point
Rear of Flown Gazebo
Herne's Oak Pick Point
Flown Gazebo Onstage
Central Platform Stairs
I led a crew to build 3 stairs for the central onstage platform, two facing downstage, and one placed upstage center.
Frame Construction
Treads Being Installed
Masonite and Lauan Facing
Installed and Painted