Trendy designers on home improvement TV shows could learn something about creativity from local theater prop artisans. With latex paint and shellac, Sean Hennessey fashioned a faux marble tabletop.

From Yorick’s skull to Hedda’s pistols to Desdemona’s handkerchief, props are the talismans of the stage. What was static in the text becomes magically vital on the boards, “enlivened by the actor’s ...

“It’s a thankless job sometimes,” said Cody Kane, technical director of Chatham’s Mac-Haydn Theatre, of the work done by theater designers and the artisans who turn those designs into props, sets, ...

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will hold a first of its kind Prop Sale June 26 – 28, 2024 at the Lemp Brewery Warehouse (3500 Lemp Ave, St. Louis, MO 63118). For over 50 years The Rep has procured ...

From a fully decorated 10-foot Christmas tree to an assortment of classroom chairs, from an elegant fan to a soup ladle, theatrical props provide the details that bring audiences into the world of a ...

As an illusion, live theater requires an audience to suspend disbelief and embrace the imitation of life being presented before them. If a single facet is off, audiences are wrenched back into reality ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The St. Louis Repertory Theater is opening their prop collection to the public to sell a variety of items, from collectibles, ...