Theatre Projects

Jesse Gaffney is a prop master in Chicago. This blog serves as a catalog of all of the, how-to, how-not-to, and hey-that's-cool lessons I want to keep record of. I try to post something new every five days. Please browse around, let me know what you think, and tell me all about your own propping adventures.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

...and then it gets cut...

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Since I started working props, I have been told over and over again that props masters have a very high burnout rate, and there are days whe...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The value of ME

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Recently, on apracticalwedding.com , a stationary designer, Julie from Up Up Creative conducted a one month "pay-what-you-can"...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Miracle Milk

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I discovered the greatest thing ever today. I have mentioned on the blog before my struggles with milk onstage. The question is, how do you...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Bang-Flag Gun

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 For Goodnight Moon  there is a bit where one of the characters uses an old cartoon-y bang-flag gun. The guns themselves can be purchased ...
Thursday, October 13, 2011

Fake Braided Rug

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For Goodnight Moon I needed a large circular braided rug for the center of the room. It needed to be round, grey (to eventually give a moon-...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Dancing Lamp

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The exciting and challenging thing about "Goodnight Moon" is that the whole room comes to life. For me that meant that there are ...
Friday, September 30, 2011

Think before you speak...

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Last year when I was working on Menorca at 16th Street Theatre, we needed to have a table full of ancient skeletal remains for the archaeol...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

This week's rediculousness

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I am currently working on "Goodnight Moon" at Chicago Children's Theatre (going to be a great production by the way, and I...
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Jesse Gaffney
I am a freelance props master, working all over Chicago. I love antique stores, upholstery, food props, crown moulding and fine furniture construction. I believe in the importance of details and in the power of theatre to change the world.
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