Bringing Theater to Life with Technology | Sci NC | PBS North Carolina

Today theater stage designers use computer-aided design (CAD) rather than pencil drawings and miniature replicas to bring productions to life. Pyrotechnics, false doors, lighting and other details are brought together on a computer before engineering of the set begins. Sci NC’s Evan Howell talks to designers at PlayMakers Repertory Company at UNC-Chapel Hill to see how it all works.

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Credits:
Producer/Editor: Evan Howell
Videographers: Evan Howell, Alan Brown
Additional Video: PlayMakers Repertory Company

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