The Theatre History Podcast
Episode 107: Tracing the Rise of the Professional Scenic Designer w/ Dr. David Bisaha
July 29, 202441 min · 7,493 words
Show notes
How did scenic designer become a job that people could pursue in the theatre? Dr. David Bisaha joins us to talk about his book, American Scenic Design and Freelance Professionalism. Correction for the episode: The correct number for the historical, segregated Washington, D.C. IATSE Local was 224-A, not 244-A.
Highlighted moments
You probably went to a catalogue and looked at the forests and the castles and the inns that you had, and you said, I'll take Forest 3 and Castle 2, and that was what you had.
“The carpenters and the painters who worked, worked from models, not from renderings, as they would now.”
“It has a lot to do with labor, and it has a lot to do with the sort of economics of what people are expected to do and how they get paid for it.”
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