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Category Archives: Design Stuff

My design work for theatre and other venues

What I’m working on now

I am in the midst of Little Shop of Horrors. Here is one afternoon’s work shrunk down to a minute or so:

A bit of my house in “This Old House”

I have an entry in the Salvage contest at the This Old House website. So please check out the contest. I hope that you find it in your kind heart to give a positive vote to my entry (Stained-Glass Table). If you also find it in your kind heart to put some negative votes […]

Kiss Me Kate

The pictures are in! you can view a slideshow of my Kiss Me Kate production photos here. It is by far the biggest show I have done, with the most extensive settings. There were eight or nine locations in a realistic show. Word on the streets of lexington is that this is the best […]

Another Opening, another Show

Well, it’s has been a ‘long hard slog’ (as it goes in the script). There has been many many long hours on my part, but the show is finally open. You can see the final dress in a nutshell here. I’ll have more pictures available soon. In the meantime I have some progress shots in […]

paint, paint and oh more paint.

I have been working madly on Kiss Me Kate. One of the few times here at W&L that I am just doing one part(scene design, lighting design costume design or Technical direction). In this case I am just doing the set design, and it is more than enough. Eight different settings in a realistic piece […]

In the thick of things

Currently I’m in the first dress for Oscar & Felix. Sometimes I can’t wait for a show to open because I’m excited to get an audience in. And sometimes I just want the show to be open and done with. This is the Latter. I’ve decided being the Scene designer/Lighting designer/Technical […]

Website update

I have updated the site for Courtney Collins Studio. Let me know what you think.
Thanks to a program called Rapidweaver it to a lot less time to complete. But still took forever. As with everything I do I look at it and find more things to change.

Fun movie from strike

I made a time lapse movie of taking the set down for the recent shows
Here it is.
enjoy.
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Picures from recent shows

Here are some pictures of the latest shows I’ve been working on:

The Long Christmas Ride Home and How I Learned to Drive

Also I have posted some process pictures of the puppets we constructed for The Long Christmas Ride Home.
Boy am I glad that is over.

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Just keep chewing…

So I am in the middle of Technicals for two plays in repertory. Meaning they are playing on alternate nights. So while the directors, actors and such are just doing one show. While have two complete shows to deal with. I’m acting as the Scene designer, Lighting designer and projection designer.
We are in a […]