From Yorick’s skull to Hedda’s pistols to Desdemona’s handkerchief, props are the talismans of the stage. What was static in the text becomes magically vital on the boards, “enlivened by the actor’s ...

“It’s a thankless job sometimes,” said Cody Kane, technical director of Chatham’s Mac-Haydn Theatre, of the work done by theater designers and the artisans who turn those designs into props, sets, ...