Acknowledgments

A heartfelt thank-you to the following groups and individuals:

William Byrnes, for his excellent mentorship, teaching, and help editing this text.

The many teachers who helped lay our foundation and gave us the laboratories in which to learn our craft, and all of the students who created and grew in those laboratories with us.

Grant Hilgenkamp, who believed in us and let us cut our teeth on the big stage.

Todd Pickett, Ralph Walker, Chuck Meacham, and Charles Leslie, who taught us how to build scenery and take pride in our work.

Dan Culhane and Chris Brown, for their work on our estimation workbooks, and for Chris’s excellent drafting used in this book and on the cover.

Meagan White, Stacey Walker, and Focal Press, for making this book a reality.

We additionally thank all of the colleagues, students, assistants, and artisans with whom we have worked throughout our careers for the influence they have had on us as artists and leaders.