Eugene Yang |
A Space-Saving Rain Wall |
Act III of The Yale Repertory Theatre’s 1998 production of Hayfever required a forty-minute rain effect just upstage of an interior setting. To keep the stage as dry as possible throughout that torrent, we devised the slim-profile rain wall shown in Figure 1, whose components included a rain curtain, a delivery system, and a collection-and-recycling system.
FIGURE 1: THE HAYFEVER RAIN WALL
THE RAIN CURTAIN
We used clear vinyl sheeting for the rain curtain. It is soft, ductile, strong; and non-reactive to both acidic and alkaline solutions. Unlike PETG, it also resists scratching. We framed the vinyl sheeting ...
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