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  Winter 2012 (Vol. 48 no. 1)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of contents, cover image and miscellaneous front and back pages.
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FEATURED ARTICLES
Affordable 3D Printing
by Owen Collins
Creating a three-dimensional object is nearly as easy as printing a picture of it on your desktop printer.
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No Place Like Home
by Dan Gray
A replica of the Royal Shakespeare Company's home theatre in England is recreated inside the Park Avenue Armory in New York City out of parts shipped across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Hair Preparation & Wig Application: A Lesson for Makeup Teachers, Wardrobe Supervisors, and Theatre Students
by Karen Brewster, with Ryan Fischer
There are right ways and wrong ways to apply wigs.
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Historic San Fernando Valley Orange Grove Blossoms into the Valley Performing Arts Center
by M. Barrett Cleveland
The gleaming performing arts center in Northridge, CA, enhances the cultural life of the San Fernando Valley while connecting the community with the university campus.
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Rockin'-and-a-Rollin'
by Raymond Kent
Careful selection of sound, audio-visual, and lighting equipment serves the stories told about iconic music industry legends at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Rigging Math: Three-point Bridles
by Delbert Hall
Calculating the lengths of three-point bridles and the tensions on them involves lengthy formulas.
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COLUMNS
The Subtext: In Praise of Techies
by Beeb Salzer
The complexity of what can now be done with computers, lights, and new materials makes designers more and more dependent on technical experts.
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Inside USITT: Treasurer's Report, December 2011
by Travis DeCastro
While there is some weakness in membership growth, many expense line items in the FY 2010/2011 budget were below budget resulting in a positive income over expenses, and investment income showed a nice bounce back from the previous year.
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BOOK REVIEWS
Pick Your Poison: How Our Mad Dash to Chemical Utopia Is Making Lab Rats of Us All by Monona Rossol
by Ellen E. Jones
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Show Case: Developing, Maintaining, and Presenting a Design-tech Portfolio for Theatre and Allied Fields, Second Edition by Rafael Jaen
by R. Eric Stone
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Fundamentals of Theatrical Design: A Guide to the Basics of Scenic, Costume, and Lighting Design by Karen Brewster and Melissa Shafer
by Donnell Walsh
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The Complete Costume Dictionary by Elizabeth J. Lewandowski
by Howard Vincent Kurtz
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