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Welcome to the Production Tech wikibook project!

This project stems from a desire to make information about theater production availible in a creative commons licensed manner availible for both online and offline consumption. More information about the specific goals of the project can be found on our goals page.

Because this project is designed to be easily converted to printed format there are different rules for contribution than a typical wiki, such as the Wikipedia, might have. Please read and follow our rules when contributing.

Getting Started

Please start by reading our Disclaimer. Once you've done that a good place to start is the table of contents. If, as you're reading, you find errors in the text I encourage you to become a contributor (see below) and help improve this document for others.

Contributing

If you would like to contribute to this project in some way please contact Ben Franske for more information and to get an account setup. In an effort to retain a standard fo high quality writing and editing is allowed for users with accounts only and new accounts must be approved by Ben Franske.

References

This site was originally inspired by the WPI Technical Theater Handbook by Stephen Scott Richardson. Please note that while this book does provide some useful information and examples it does contain some incorrect information and is more than ten years old making other information outdated. In addition the Sound Reinforcement: Westlake High School(72+MB) book by Kevin Krautle has some newer information about audio but it is geared to a specific school's installation. Please remember that both these resources are copyright encumbered and not freely distributable or editable, hence this project to create similar documentation which is distributable and editable.