Scenic painter Angelique Powers explains why sometimes regular house paint doesn’t work on stage – sometimes the results are catastrophic.

Scenic painter Angelique Powers explains why sometimes regular house paint doesn’t work on stage – sometimes the results are catastrophic.
Styrofoam has become one of the go-to substrates for creating scenic elements on stage, in themed environments and even in museum installations because it is light-weight, inexpensive and readily available. However, there are three major downsides to using foam: it’s fragile, it’s not flame retardant and it soaks up paint like a sponge. Rosco created…
Brothers at a New England monastery created a life-size crèche to inspire its residents & visitors with realistic figures that were made durable enough to withstand many winters thanks to Rosco Foamcoat.
Peter Miller, Theatre Design Department Faculty at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, had an inspired revelation at USITT in 2011. He noticed that many of the set designs that required foliage included uninspired, one-dimensional tree-scape drops. So, Peter determined to create a three-dimensional scenic treatment that would envelop the audience into the…
Rosco’s Jenny Knott explains that one of the key components needed in order to paint theatrical scenery is – SCENIC PAINT.