[SML] (Previously) live trees as scenery

[Kelly Ann Mangan]

All,

        For those of you bringing (previously) live trees on stage
(without leaves) what treatments are you doing for bugs and fire ? Has
anyone suffered and infestation as a result of poorly treated live
foliage coming into their theater?

 	We usually put all live branches or leaves in our box truck and set off
a bug bomb before we bring it in the theater.  		Gets rid of all the
little critters.  

	Funny enough, though -- doesn't help with poison ivy oil.  Be careful
where you're cutting and look closely at what 		you're cutting down.   I
got a horrible case of poison ivy in February one year from the live trees
we cut down for 		a show.

Kelly Wiegant Mangan

Lecturer
Member - The Society of Prop Artisan Managers
Member ­ USITT


Bowling Green State University
Department of Theatre and Film
212 Wolfe Center for the Arts
Bowling Green, Ohio  43403
mangank at BGSU.edu
(419) 372-7171





On 3/9/16 3:36 PM, "Stagecraft on behalf of Stephen Litterst via
Stagecraft" <stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net on behalf of
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

>On 3/9/16 1:41 PM, Matthew Whiton via Stagecraft wrote:
>> All,
>>
>>        For those of you bringing (previously) live trees on stage
>> (without leaves) what treatments are you doing for bugs and fire ? Has
>> anyone suffered and infestation as a result of poorly treated live
>> foliage coming into their theater?
>
>No infestation, but we did end up with a cricket who'd chirp at the most
>inopportune time.
>
>Steve L.
>
>
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>litterst at udel.edu           Mitchell Hall
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