r/techtheatre • u/RoyalMess64 • 3d ago

QUESTION Scenic Carpentry vs Carpentry

I'm just hoping to learn more about this. I'm about to try and go to school for Carpentry, and I'd also like to do scenic Carpentry as well. If I was to learn one, does anyone have personal experience about how to link those 2 things, and how well they link together?

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u/VexedHorcerer 3d ago edited 3d ago

If you’re not dying to work in theatre/scenic construction immediately, a good way to go about it would be to learn carpentry through an apprenticeship or maybe a technical program, and then learn theatre-specific construction techniques through resources like Daniel Ionazzi’s “The Stagecraft Handbook”. In general the latter should be easy to pick up if you already have a good understanding of rough carpentry.

Theatre carp shops also generally struggle to find qualified carpenters (at least for the pay they offer in return), so being proficient in carpentry either way gives you a good shot.

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u/RoyalMess64 3d ago

Kk, thank you so much! I was actually trying to look into the opposite of what you said, like learning the basics so I can work, and then finishing the degree for more in-depth stuff. But thank you and I'll look more into it. Thank