The Properties Director’s Handbook

Table of contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Contents
5. Introduction
6. 1. What is a Prop?
7. 2. Who Does What
   1. Skills
   2. The Prop Staff
   3. Contracts and Salaries
   4. Finding Work
   5. Beginning a Prop Career
   6. Education and Training
8. 3. Preproduction and Planning
   1. Research
   2. Doing Internet Research
   3. Prop Library
   4. Design Meeting
9. 4. Getting Organized
   1. Using a Tracking Numbers System
   2. Getting Started
   3. Show Bible
10. 5. Budgeting
    1. Spreadsheet Tracking
    2. Kinds of Budgets
    3. Bookkeeping and Reporting
11. 6. The Rehearsal and Production Process
    1. The Rehearsal Report
    2. Production Meeting
    3. Rehearsal Props
    4. Costumes
    5. Electrics and Sound
    6. Scenery
12. 7. The Build Process
    1. Pulling From Stock
    2. Borrow
    3. Build
    4. Buy
13. 8. The Production/Tech Process
    1. Load-In
    2. Technical Rehearsal
    3. Opening Night/Run
    4. Weapons
    5. Consumables
    6. Personals
    7. Run Storage
    8. Performance Reports
    9. Strike
14. 9. The Prop Shop: Tools, Supplies, Space, and Storage
    1. The Multiple-Space Shop
    2. The Single-Space Shop
    3. Prop Stock and Storage
15. Appendix
16. Index