Week 11: The Drafting Package, A Checklist

I have created a checklist for you to help you work through everything you should be including in your drafting package, and everything you may want to check before publishing a set of drafting.  You can download this checklist HERE

Week 11, 12, 13, 14: Final Drafting Project

 Your final project in this class is to draft the scenery from on of your Set Design I class projects.  You can download a breakdown of the assignment HERE

Week 11: The Drafting Package, Examples

 Here is an exhaustive list of some of my drafting packages from over the years for you to use as a reference.  These are all password protected.  The password for all is my gmail address:

BROADWAY

The Last Ship, Neil Simon Theater, 2015

If/Then, Richard Rodgers Theater, 2014

Doctor Zhivago, The Broadway Theater, 2015

Hands on a Hard Body, Brooks Atkinson Theater, 2013

Old Times, American Airlines Theater, 2015

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Richard Rodgers Theater, 2011
The Glass Menagerie, Belasco Theater, 2016

The Notebook, Gerald Shoenfeld Theater, 2024

The Outsiders, Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, 2024

John Proctor is the Villain, Booth Theater, 2025

INTERNATIONAL

Let The Right One In, South Korea, 2015
Close to You, Criterion Theater, West End, 2015

OFF-BROADWAY

The Ambassador, BAM Harvey, 2014

Big Love, Signature Theater, 2014

Coriolanus, Red Bull Theatre, 2016 

D Deb Debbie Deborah, Clubbed Thumb, 2015

The Dance and the Railroad, Signature Theatre, 2012

Dog Fight, Second Stage Theatre, 2012

The Great God Pan, Playwrights' Horizons, 2012

Lonely I'm Not, Second Stage, 2012

The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Transport Group, 2020

Nobody Loves You, Second Stage, 2013

Renasence, Transport Group, 2018

Red Dog Howls, NYTW, 2013

RENT, New World Stages, 2011

The Shaggs, Playwrights Horizons, 2011

Sunday, Atlantic Theater Company, 2019

The Winter's Tale, Pearl Theater Company, 2015

REGIONAL

Mysterious Circumstances, Geffen Playhouse, 2019

Miller, Mississippi, Dallas Theater Center, 2015

OPERA

Rigoletto, Metropolitan Opera NYC, 2015

La Traviata, Metropolitan Opera NYC, 2017

Powder Her Face, NYCity Opera, 2012

Hansel Und Gretel, Virginia Opera, 2011

Week 10 Project -- Record Formats

Download Week 10 Homework Assignment HERE

Week 10 Lecture Notes

 Week 10 Lecture Notes can be found HERE

Week 9 Project -- Reflected Ceiling Plan

Download Week 9 Homework Assignment HERE

Boom Elevation Symbols available HERE

Link to Ceiling Medallions HERE


Download finished assignment as PDF HERE

Week 9: Reflected Ceiling Plan

 

Week 8 Project -- Moulding Details

Download Week 8 Homework Assignment HERE

Download DYKES Moulding Catalog HERE

Visit DYKES online Catalog HERE

Download finished assignment as PDF HERE

Mouldings: Nominal vs. Actual Lumber Sizes

Softwood Lumber Dimensions: 

Softwood lumber is generally used for framing walls and floors. In the United States, softwood lumber is governed by the National Institute of Standards American Softwood Lumber Standard (PS 20).

 

North American Standard “1-by” Lumber

NOMINAL SIZE          ACTUAL SIZE            ACTUAL SIZE

(INCHES)                   (INCHES)                   (MM)                

1 x 2                            3/4 x 1-1/2                   19 x 38

1 x 3                            3/4 x 2-1/2                   19 x 64

1 x 4                            3/4 x 3-1/2                   19 x 89

1 x 6                            3/4 x 5-1/2                   19 x 140

1 x 8                            3/4 x 7-1/4                   19 x 184

1 x 10                          3/4 x 9-1/4                   19 x 235

1 x 12                          3/4 x 11-1/4                 19 x 286

 

North American Standard “2-by” Lumber

NOMINAL SIZE          ACTUAL SIZE            ACTUAL SIZE

(INCHES)                   (INCHES)                   (MM)                

2 x 2                            1-1/2 x 1-1/2               38 x 38

2 x 3                            1-1/2 x 2-1/2               38 x 64

2 x 4                            1-1/2 x 3-1/2               38 x 89

2 x 6                            1-1/2 x 5-1/2               38 x 140

2 x 8                            1-1/2 x 7-1/4               38 x 184

2 x 10                          1-1/2 x 9-1/4               38 x 235

2 x 12                          1-1/2 x 11-1/4             38 x 286

 

North American Standard 3-by Lumber

NOMINAL SIZE          ACTUAL SIZE            ACTUAL SIZE

(INCHES)                   (INCHES)                   (MM)                

3 x 3                            2-1/2 x 2-1/2               64 x 64

3 x 4                            2-1/2 x 3-1/2               64 x 89

3 x 6                            2-1/2 x 5-1/2               64 x 140

3 x 8                            2-1/2 x 7-1/4               64 x 184

3 x 10                          2-1/2 x 9-1/4               64 x 235

3 x 12                          2-1/2 x 11-1/4             64 x 286

 

North American Standard 4-by Lumber

NOMINAL SIZE          ACTUAL SIZE            ACTUAL SIZE

(INCHES)                   (INCHES)                   (MM)                

4 x 4                            3-1/2 x 3-1/2               89 x 89

4 x 6                            3-1/2 x 5-1/2               89 x 140

4 x 8                            3-1/2 x 7-1/4               89 x 184

4 x 10                          3-1/2 x 9-1/4               89 x 235

4 x 12                          3-1/2 x 11-1/4             89 x 286

 

North American Standard 6-by Lumber

NOMINAL SIZE          ACTUAL SIZE            ACTUAL SIZE

(INCHES)                   (INCHES)                   (MM)                

6 x 6                            5-1/2 x 5-1/2               140 x 140

 

North American Standard 8-by Lumber

NOMINAL SIZE          ACTUAL SIZE            ACTUAL SIZE

(INCHES)                   (INCHES)                   (MM)                

8 x 8                            7-1/4 x 7-1/4               184 x 184

 

 

Softwood Lumber Lengths

Softwood lumber comes in a number of standard lengths as listed in the table below.

 

LENGTH IN FEET      LENGTH IN INCHES            LENGTH IN METERS

6 feet                           72 inches                                1.829 meters

8 feet                           96 inches                                2.438 meters

10 feet                         120 inches                              3.048 meters

12 feet                         144 inches                              3.658 meters

14 feet                         168 inches                              4.267 meters

16 feet                         192 inches                              4.877 meters

18 feet                         216 inches                              5.486 meters

20 feet                         240 inches                              6.096 meters

22 feet                         264 inches                              6.706 meters

24 feet                         288 inches                              7.315 meters

My Friend's Home: Arts & Crafts Style Mouldings

 Here are a bunch of photos I took this weekend at my friend's house, who has an amazing, well-preserved home with very simple mouldings executed well.