Tech Check

Assistant Stage Manager Marissa Brown performs technical checks on the set’s fly system. Most sets for Otterbein musicals are moved around this way. The system uses rope lines and pulleys to quickly and quietly lift each set up into a waiting loft while simultaneously allowing a different set to take its place. This set, the 12th floor hallway of the Priscilla, is made of steel, which Scenic Designer Rob Johnson says is better for strength and stability. The set design for Millie uses roughly 50 percent steel and 50 percent wood.