The strike plan should take into consideration the campus’s sustainability plan when determining what will be salvaged for recycling and reuse and what will go to the landfill. Since there are costs associated with deconstruction, the strike plan should be developed at the design stage of the production, so the costs of the strike can be included in the production’s budget. The strike plan will address the what, how, when, who, and safety of the deconstruction process. Ensuring everyone’s safety during the strike starts with a plan.

The strike is busy, loud, and, to the untrained, confusing. The deconstruction of shows in a production house often involves recycling and reusing as much of the material as possible. Roadshows are deconstructed and packed for transportation and remounting at the next venue. Sets are deconstructed in order to build up the next scene, but complete deconstruction and removal from the stage of sets, props, costumes, lights, and sound equipment occurs when the show ends its run at the venue. Set deconstruction is also known as the strike.

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