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<div>Hey John,</div>
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<div>I was involved in a production where a very small door, maybe 2 foot high was used as an off-stage effect quite, well, effectively.</div>
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<div>Hope you are well,</div>
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<div>Chase</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>"Devlin, John" <<a href="mailto:jdevlin@smcvt.edu">jdevlin@smcvt.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>USITT New England Section Mail List <<a href="mailto:usittne@mit.edu">usittne@mit.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:41:59 +0000<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>USITTNE <<a href="mailto:usittne@mit.edu">usittne@mit.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Usittne] seeking design for free standing slamming door<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings all!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, one of the scenes in one of my colleague’s directing class requires 2-3 door slams per page of script. Naturally as a class project there is no set for them to work on so everything has to be portable. I would anticipate between rehearsals
and the presentation there will be 100-150 slams of the door. Does anyone have a design for a door that can take that sort of abuse and remain free standing? I can fasten to the floor for the scene or add a bunch of weight if needed. I have the capacity
to do light steel work and carpentry in house; the doors I have in stock are mostly hollow-core doors.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This sounds like an ideal challenge for an engineering student…Mike, got any spare ones at MIT?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any thoughts…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">John<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; ">John Paul Devlin MFA, MA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; ">Associate Professor of Fine Arts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; ">Resident Designer and Technical Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; ">Saint Michael’s College<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; ">O: 802-654-2509<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Bradley Hand ITC'; ">F: 802-654-2685<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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