Building a Removable Drama Workshop "Stage"
Posted by member Tammy
We needed to keep our stage simple and removable, so we have two wood pallets over which we attached two 4x4 pieces of plywood and a rug.
Posted by memberKaren
It's kind of amazing how much a simple "riser" stage makes the kids want to get up on it and act! Before we used to just stand on the floor, but there are plenty of times when having a stage to step onto helps the kids step into their characters.
We asked a volunteer to build our drama stage in two pieces so that it could easily be removed when not needed.
Details:
- Our volunteer built our stage in two 4' x4' sections. Each section is framed with 6" pine with one centered joist to reduce weight. (If building for adults, use two joists for each section or heavier plywood.)
- Each 4x4 piece of plywood lays on top of its 4x4 frame without needing to be fastened.
- To keep the plywood in place without permanently fastening it, our volunteer screwed some blocks on the underside of the plywood so that the blocks fit in the corners of the frame and keep it from sliding.
- To keep the two sections together, the volunteer put a simple hook on the front and back of the frame.
- To reduce noise from the plywood "clopping" on the frame, we added adhesive foam strips.
- We bought a 4 x 8 remnant carpeting to lay on top.
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