Hey all! I'm trying to do some research on what other colleges do as activities in their stagecraft classes. We are a small school, and I get about 12 students each semester in my class. At this time we do not have a scene shop, we build onstage and work out of a small shop behind the stage (seriously small; 10'x 30' I would think) where we store flats, platforms, wood, tools, etc. we are hoping that we will be getting a new scene shop in the next year or two, but until then we have to share the space. This year I had the students make saw horses (we needed them to make our space work), small flats which were 2 and a half feet by 3 feet, and we did faux painting techniques on these. They also work the shows that we produce as the run crew. The students enjoyed it, but wanted to work on the actual set.This is where my insecurities lie.....in the past I have had the class assist with the build, but due to the novice students we have (as usual they all want to be on stage, not back stage) we usually have to tear everything apart and start over after they leave to correct everything!What do you do? How do you make this work for your school?I teach the course two days a week for an hour and twenty minutes and I have one assistant.Thanks for any assistance you can give me!,DanielleSee More