How Do You Build A Cabin Stage Prop?
Many plays and musicals call for a pioneer’s cabin as a background set piece. For theatre groups on a budget there is a relatively inexpensive way to create a really good looking background cabin. This design can be easily moved on and off the stage. It does not include an operating door but entrances and exits from the cabin can be “covered” by an imagined rear door. Draw your building plans to scale. Be sure to label all the important dimensions for your stage construction crew. Lay out the 4-by-8 sheets of 2 inches thickness extruded foam insulation, available at home improvement stores, on the construction shop floor. Using a felt tip marker and a ruler, carefully draw the cut-lines on the foam sheets. Cut these cabin parts out of the foam sheets using a “foam knife” made from a hack saw blade or an electric saber saw with a 3-inch blade. Test your parts to make sure they will assemble correctly before continuing. Prepare a standard or custom-sized stage platform. If the set piece
