16. Building a Set (Part 16 of 34)

The set for “The Very Airy Library” was beginning to take shape. Fortunately, The twins were able to repurpose some materials from previous productions. This expedited the creation of some of the more elaborate set pieces.

Early stages of the Very Airy set.

Matthew pointed to an odd-looking lamp they had acquired from their landlord, Rip Potter. Rip was a master carpenter who, at one point in his youth, was known for designing some of Atlanta’s swankiest dance clubs. In this case, the “lamp” resembled something like a 70’s Time Machine made for little people.

“This can be the gobbler,” Matthew suggests.

“The what?” Jared replies.

“The Gobbler.” Matthew reiterates the name as if it should’ve been obvious to his brother. “Not sure what it does yet. Maybe it’s for putting books in? Or maybe spitting them out?”

“I trust you’ll figure it out,” Jared responds, mimicking Matthew’s matter-of-fact tone.

Jared smiles before turning his attention to a bank of empty shelves he’d recently finished installing the set walls.

“The more pressing issue is, how are we going to fill these?” he asks aloud.

“You’ll figure it out,” Matthew replies with a smirk.