Silk Flowers and Papier Mache Hearts

We continue our conversation from last week with Kris Julio, one of the Stage Properties professors at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. We learn the differences between a liberal arts and...

Kris Julio is the Assistant Professor in Stage Properties at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, one of the few universities to offer a props program to both undergrads and graduate students....

Steve Younkins, creator of Q2Q Comics, is also a sound designer and foley artist. Ashley and Eric talk with him about all the ways the audio and props departments interact.

The creator of Q2Q comics, Steve Younkins, joins Ashley and Eric this week to talk about everyone’s favorite technical theater cartoon.

Being a freelance props master or artisan in New York City can be a challenge. Ashley and Eric discuss ways to get started and what you can expect working in the Big Apple.

What tools do you need to build props? What glues do you need for making props? How do you organize everything? This week, Ashley and Eric talk about the perfect prop shop.

We finish up our conversation with Jen McClure, the properties master at Yale Repertory Theatre. She tells us her favorite materials to build props with, what she needs from stage managers, and why she never...

This week, we begin a conversation with Jen McClure, who is currently the properties master for Yale Repertory Theatre. Learn about when she ran away with the circus, her experience with puppets, and what that...

Ashley and Eric chat with Buist Bickley some more about his favorite props, his favorite shows, his least favorite prop, and why Spongebob: The Musical is what everyone should be seeing right now. We also talk about...

Ashley and Eric begin a conversation with Buist Bickley, the production props supervisor on Broadway hits such as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, SpongeBob SquarePants, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Dear Evan Hansen, Other Desert Cities, and so many...

Ashley and Eric discuss some of the dead animals they have made in their careers, as well as some of the body parts they have cast from actors.

We are very excited to bring you the very first episode of “Silk Flowers and Papier Mache Hearts.” Ashley Flowers and Eric Hart talk about how they got started working in props and what to...