Double Bill: Taking Up Serpents/Holy ground

Glimmerglass Festival

Apprentice Carpenter, Summer 2022

Directed By: Chloe Treat

Lighting Designer: Mary Louise Geiger

Scenic Designer: James F. Rotondo lll

Costume Designer: Trevor Bowen

Technical Director: Ross Rundell

Assistant Technical Director: Kyle Ludwig

Lead Carpenter: Aaron Graham

During the 2022 summer, I attended the Glimmerglass Opera Festival as an Apprentice Carpenter. One of the shows I worked on was Double Bill: Taking Up Serpents and Holy Ground. this show consisted of 1 main rolling unit that had an upper platform with a spiral staircase on the front and escapes stirs on the back, a handrailing system on the upper platform, a roll drop inside the unit, and a steel back wall faced with acrylic plastic.

I was responsible for welding, facing, and assembling the steel flats for the back wall, handrailing unit, and assembling the spiral staircase as well as assembling the handrailing unit in space and Genie welding crush plates and bolt tabs in space. below are the process photos and finished photos.