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Proptology (THEATER & FILM PROPS) with Jay Duckworth

2021/4/21
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Real skulls. Fake pistols. Vegan steaks. Onstage bonfires. Cursed productions. Industry secrets and more with the world’s most lovable and beloved prop master, Professor Jay Duckworth aka @Proptologist on TikTok. A veteran of stage and screen and now an adjunct professor at Pace University, Jay chats about props vs. wardrobe vs. set design, how he keeps tracks of the thousands of items used to make a set feel real, what it was like to work on Hamilton from the very beginning, a prop master’s tool belt, design heroes, the importance of art -- and sanitation workers -- and why you should always carry a Moleskein notebook. Also: his 3 tips to having a long and successful career. Get ready to fall in love.

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https://www.tiktok.com/@proptologist)

twitter.com/jayduck9)

Instagram.com/jayduck9)

His website is: https://www.proptologist.com/)

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Redbubble shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/proptologist/shop)

A donation went to The National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, Inc., NIWRC.org)

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Sound editing by Steven Ray Morris & Jarrett Sleeper

Music by Nick Thorburn

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