USITT: Tech Expo, including PlayMakers' spontaneous combustion parasol!

[labricoleuse]

Man-o-man, have i been champing at the bit to share the info about my own entry in this, but since there's an exhibit and a published catalogue that goes along with it, i felt that it would be best for the info to remain exclusive to the conference until after the fact

Comments

[ladycelia]

Not being familiar with the play in question, how long does the fire need to last?

[labricoleuse]

Basically, it's supposed to be so hot that the sun causes the parasol to ignite, and the character holding it screams and throws it behind her and out of view of the audience.

So, the duration of the fire in our production was requested to be longer than just the single burst of flame you get from flash paper, hence the cheesecloth spike ruffle that burns for the 3-5 sec you see in the video.