acknowledgments

Thanks to:

My excellent editor, Trish Todd.

My extremely able copy editor, Polly Watson.

Jane Hamilton, Mary Kay Kammer, Sara Levine, Steve McCauley, Julie Wlach, and Barbara Mulvanny for their sharp readings and excellent criticism

Michael Paulson, Daniel Ostling, Alex Fraser, Erin Gioia Albrecht, and Elvia Moreno for helping to fill in my many blanks about the art and business of theater and set design.

My partner, Jessie Ewing, for always showing me larger possibilities than I would have come up with on my own.