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<p>On 02 October 2015 at 09:38 Richard John Archer via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:<br /><br /><br />We had it rain quite a bit a few years ago for Grapes of Wrath. (Spring 2005). Our ideas were in the USITT Tech Expo catalogue for Phoenix (2007) We were selected to win a prize. You could read about our "method" and see and equipment list in there. If not available, I might be able to find and send it to you. Loren was on the judging panel, he might have a copy or remember what I did, We built a working rain exhibit for the USITT expo. <br /><br />Basically it was very low volume rain. A combination of misters and low flow heads with one way ball check flow valves to stop drips. This unit was a manual on off but could easily have been a solenoid main valve. In the same show we had a small pool, covered for most of the show, which served as the river. We used the original Brdwy production truck although modified with triple swivels to roll better. </p>
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<p>Some years ago, we did "Uncle Vanya" with a guest, Russian director. For reasons known only to her, it was set in a conservatory with a leaky roof, and in the round. <br /></p>
<p>We rigged a ring of hosepipe, fed from a very low head source, with tiny holes in it. The rain was caught in an assortment of buckets, basins, and jars placed all round the stage.<br /></p>
<p>It worked, and we even took it to Moscow! I lit it, and I may well be the only contributor to this list with an LD credit at the Moscow Arts Theatre.<br /></p>
<p>My printer/scanner is not talking to my computer at the moment, so I cannot send pictures.<br /></p>
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