2.  1. The Manual running of scenery on the stage floor  2. The Flying of Scenery  3. Moving scenery on Casters  4. Scenery coming through the stage on a lift or elevator

3.  The technicians who manipulate, move, and secure scenery during a show performance or rehearsal process is known as the Run Crew  Actors can often be in the performance and also on the run crew  They Report to the Deck Chiefs, Asst. Stage Managers, and Stage Manager

4.  Scenery tends to be tall and thin.  This can present a difficult situation for someone with out experience moving scenery.  It is best not to move large pieces of scenery alone, as shifts in weight can often cause accidents and structural damage

5.  Two common ways of handling the scenery are the “walk up” and “edge Up” method.  You have one stage hand stand behind the scenery FOOTING the base while others stand on the front or edge and walk their hands up the flat.

7.  Running a flat means to move it horizontally across the stage. Put a stage hand on either side and have them place their hands one high one low.  You can run a flat alone by slightly lifting one edge and dragging the other edge on the floor but this is not a preferred method as it takes skill, strength, and creates wear and tare on the flat.

9.  Floating is a method of bringing a piece of Vertical Scenery to the stage floor quickly by footing the back and allowing it to fall to the ground.  Floating should be a controlled fall with plenty of space. It “floats” due to air dispersal. A flat with a door, window, or hole will not float with ease.  Tends to blow around dust, sweep first

11.  Flats are usually secured into the floor and into surrounding flats.  If there is a practical door on stage a wall of flats might shake ruining the illusion of a house. Additional methods of securing a flat are needed

12.  Stiffeners are usually horizontal 1x3s on edge that are connected across multiple flat units to stiffen the joints between the flats  Flat Jacks is usually 1x3 in a triangle shape that braces the wall to the floor

13.  We used to make flat jacks by putting 1x3 on edge and using a triangle brace.  Now Mr. Thebeau and the welding class make steel 1” Tubing that we use to Brace up our Flats

14.  Insert FUNNY STORY here  This is Jane  She is from Wales  This One Time…

16.  Sometimes scenery is too large or too heavy to be moved by a run crew.  Stage Riggers will Secure the scenery to the stage battens.  Flymen are the stagehands that operate the fly system during a performance.

17.  The easiest way to move a heavy flat or a Platform is to “Table it”.  This means carrying it horizontally as if it were a table top.  Make sure you always lift heavy scenery using your legs and not your back.

18.  Many times heavy and cumbersome scenery is hard to manually run out on stage and it is 3Dimensional so it can not be flown. This scenery will often be placed on a rolling platform known as a “wagon” Any scenery on wheels is referred to as a Wagon

20.  Mounting 3D scenery on casters makes moving it on the floor easier and faster.  Casters can be swivel or fixed and should be 3”-4” in diameter so they roll over rugs or other obstacles on the stage floor

21.  An outrigger wagon is when flats are put on casters and easily moved on and off stage.  The action still happens on the stage floor

22.  Most wagons are platforms on wheels.  You can use Tracks on or in the stage floor to keep the wagons rolling in the right direction

23.  Wagon brakes are used to secure the wagon so that actors can stand, walk, dance, etc.

24.  A Jack Knife Wagon is anchored to the stage floor (usually at the proscenium wall) and can swing out.

25.  is a mechanically controlled platform within a theatre that can be rotated in order to speed up the changing of a scene within a show

28.  Large scenery or special actor reveals/ disappearances often come through the stage floor on elevators