This series of instructional DVDs is perfect for the teacher who feels more at home with a prompt book than a hammer and would welcome a new, visually oriented teaching tool for their tech classes and production crews. Developed by master theater educators Bob and Marti Fowler, the series is engaging and fun for students. The lessons in this series will help turn your students into valuable theater technicians who know what to do and how to do it. Many schools purchase the programs with technology, library, safety and career funds. With each program, your school gets a site license to use the DVD and CD-ROM materials forever!

This program demonstrates how to become a safe and efficient stage carpenter. * Identifies basic safety rules that apply to any theater, including set strike. *Demonstrates how to safely use common hand tools in three categories: measuring and marking, cutting and shaping, and joining tools. * Tours a completed interior set, then takes students back to the shop for lessons on constructing practical set pieces such as platforms, stair units and wagons. * Scale drawings and computer-generated graphics reinforce the construction techniques shown. * Demonstrates flat construction, including joining techniques such as how to use hinges and lash lines, battens and keeper hooks and how to dutchman. * Explores options for dressing out a set with props. * Hosts: Bob Fowler and Marti Fowler.