| This is from our discussion on building escape stairs. |
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| For Once Upon a Mattress we built
a set of spiral stairs. As with most things built for theater, the
stairs were not built as one would build a set for a house. You can see the lighting boom on the floor. |
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| Escape stairs. I recycled this set of escape stairs from another show. You'll notice the platform on the floor. The other set of stairs to the right were built for this height |  |
| How many times have you had to search for old books? Beg the library to lend you boxes of books? Well, no more! This is just one way of dealing with the number of books it takes to fill a set of shelves. |  |
| A set of sliding double doors. These are flats painted to look like panel doors. |  |