General Information:

Opera Theatre of Saint Louis operates a IATSE scene shop under the auspices of Local No. 6. OTSL performs at the Loretto-Hilton Theater on the Campus of Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. We produce four productions each year that are presented in repertory over the course of 6 weeks. We warehouse selected sets for sale and/or rent to other opera companies. The operas are complete packages including all of the scenery, furniture and props. Selected productions also have costumes available for rent.

Technical Information:

The Loretto-Hilton Theater has a thrust stage, but most, if not ,all of our productions transfer nicely into a proscenium stage. Since OTSL performs 4 productions in repertory over the course of 6 weeks, the scenery and props move easily and efficiently from offstage storage to the theater. Change-overs after the initial load-in of the scenery must be accomplished within 2.5 hours The crew consists of 2 IATSE stage hands on Deck, Electrics and Properties with 6 additional non-union crew in each department.

Costume Shop:

OTSL operates a costume and craft shop during the season. Each year we build one complete production and supplemental costumes for the other 3 productions. The costumes can be rented with the scenery or separately.

Properties:

OTSL has furniture and large properties from past productions available for rent that are not part of scenery packages. These items can be rented separately.