U.S. Air Force set refurbed for new holiday show

CSSI recently refurbished and redecorated the set that it had originally built in 2003 for the U.S. Air Force show about the Wright Brothers, “Born of a Dream”.

The entire set, a series of store facades originally designed by J. Branson, were returned to CSSI’s shops to be modified and repainted. They were updated and restyled by Tom Ryan to resemble a Currier & Ives-style town square for a new holiday show featuring the Air Force Brass Band and choir, and performed at the Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall.

Drury Lane Oak Brook spins the tale of “Goodbye Girl”

“Goodbye Girl” has so many scene changes (up to six locales in ten minutes) that Drury Lane Oak Brook needed an easy way to make the changes appear seamless. They looked no further than Chicago Scenic’s mechanical expertise to build the systems and automate them for quick scene changes.

CSSI provided the mechanical expertise to spin two circles around a 20-foot-diameter turntable. The outermost circle was a 30-foot donut shape that used a friction drive system to spin around the inner circle, a one-foot-wide track with a 20-foot diameter that utilized a cable device to turn walls and scenery around the center turntable.

CSSI also built the entire modular raised show deck to conceal the spinning circles and their mechanical components.