Tag: #DiyArticles tagged Diy.https://james-farrelly.com/Building Annie: A Set Builder's Guide to the Showhttps://james-farrelly.com/blog/annie-2024-set-building/https://james-farrelly.com/blog/annie-2024-set-building/A behind-the-scenes look at building the sets for Annie, including lit marquee signs, a NYC street scene, the Oxydent radio studio, and the Warbucks mansion.Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTJames FarrellyBuilding Cinderella: Engineering a Real Working Clock Towerhttps://james-farrelly.com/blog/cinderella-2019-clock-tower/https://james-farrelly.com/blog/cinderella-2019-clock-tower/How I built a full-height clock tower with a real working mechanism — PVC pipes, cables, counterweights, and a stagehand with a scale — to count down to midnight in real time for our 2019 production of Cinderella.Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMTJames FarrellyBuilding Fiddler: How We Made Fruma-Sarah Flyhttps://james-farrelly.com/blog/fiddler-2023-fruma-sarah/https://james-farrelly.com/blog/fiddler-2023-fruma-sarah/How I built a custom wheeled seesaw rig to make the ghost of Fruma-Sarah glide across the stage, launch over the front row, and soar 15 feet in the air for Fiddler on the Roof.Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTJames FarrellyBuilding a Self-Watering Raised Bed Garden for People Who Travelhttps://james-farrelly.com/blog/garden-2019-raised-bed-wicking/https://james-farrelly.com/blog/garden-2019-raised-bed-wicking/How I built two raised beds with a wicking bed irrigation system, deer-proof trellis frames, and a planting rotation that produces all summer — even when I'm not home to water.Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMTJames FarrellyBuilding High School Musical: A Cafeteria Inside a Cafeteriahttps://james-farrelly.com/blog/highschoolmusical-2026-set-building/https://james-farrelly.com/blog/highschoolmusical-2026-set-building/How I built reusable platforms, staircases, industrial pipe railings, and a permanent DJ booth for our 2026 production of High School Musical at Lionville Elementary School.Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTJames FarrellyBuilding The Music Man: Train Cars, Marian's House, and a Real Pianohttps://james-farrelly.com/blog/musicman-2025-set-building/https://james-farrelly.com/blog/musicman-2025-set-building/How I built five train cars that double as library bookcases, a reversible house flat with hand-painted Victorian wallpaper, and got a real upright piano onto a rolling platform for our 2025 production of The Music Man.Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTJames Farrelly