Aaron Held Designs: Technical Direction & Scenic Fabrication

Selected shows from Aaron's Technical Direction portfolio:

Boston Theatre Works Presents: The Sweetest Swing in Baseball
By: Rebecca Gillman
The Plaza Theatre: Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
April 13 - May 6, 2006
Directed By: Jason Southerland
Set Design By: Jenna McFarland
Technical Direction By: Aaron Held

Brief Description: The set for The Sweetest Swing in Baseball consisted of several moving flats to establish three separate playing spaces: an art gallery, a hospital common room, and a doctor's office. Technical challenges for the design including having the large rotating flats double-pivot, and the fixed flats not having any visible support.

Ground plan for The Sweetest Swing in Baseball drafted in AutoCAD

Sample AutoCAD drafting from The Sweetest Swing in Baseball

Production photos of the completed Sweetest Swing in Baseball set.

Boston Theatre Works Presents: Othello
By: William Shakespeare
The Plaza Theatre: Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
February 16 - March 11, 2006
Directed By: Jason Slavick
Set Design By: Zeynep Bakkal
Technical Direction By: Aaron Held

Ground plan for Othello drafted in AutoCAD