PRODUCTION RESOURCES

Local Scene Shops

• Flannel & Hammer - Local, small scenic fabrication shop in West Philly

• Philadelphia Scenic Works  - Local, small scenic fabrication shop in Kensington

• Proof Productions - Local, large scenic fabrication shop; does mostly commercial and Broadway work

• Scenery First - Local, large scenic fabrication shop; does a lot of touring and cruise work
  
  

CNC Services

• Flannel & Hammer - Local, small scenic fabrication shop in West Philly

• Philadelphia Precision CNC - Commerical CNC Shop

• Proof Productions - Local, large scenic fabrication shop; does a lot of commercial and Broadway work

• Scenery First - Local, large scenic fabrication shop; does a lot of touring and cruise work
  
  

Backdrop Printing

• Gladsbuy -

• Echod - 

• Big Image Systems - 
  
  

Soft Good Fabrication

• Avista Custom Theatrical - local props fabrication and rental house; also specializes in soft good fabrication

• RoseBrand (non local)
  
  

Event Services

• Shipley Enterprises - pipe and drape, tents, lighting, chuppahs, mandaps, draping, dancefloor & decals
  
  

Lumber

• Tague Lumber

• Fessenden Hall

• Woodland Supply Company

• Lowe's

• Home Depot

• Steven Kempf 

Theatrical Suppliers

• M. Cramer & Associates - professional makeup, lighting equipment & systems, audio/video equipment & systems, curtains & rigging, and window treatments. 

• BMI Supply

• RoseBrand
  
  

Tools & Such

• RAF Supply - Reconditioned tools at a discount

• Lowe's

• Home Depot

• Steven Kempf 

• Makita Service Center - maybe can do replacement batteries and chargers if you have failures

Informational/How-Tos:

• An introduction to Fasteners!

Costume Rental

• Pierre's

• The Walnut Street Theatre

• TDF Costume Collection - NYC costume rental warehouse, has a mail order option

• Oregon Shakespeare - OR costume rental warehouse, has a mail order option

• Villanova
  
  

Thrift Shops

• Philly Aids Thrift

• Second Mile Center, 214 S 45th Street

• D&D Thrift Store, 5456 Walnut Street

• Goodwill, Whitman Plaza, 330 Oregon Ave

Sound Vendors

• Bauder 

• ElectroSound

• ClearSound - Philly local rental house with lighting, sound, and video

• M. Cramer & Associates - audio/video equipment & systems

• Starlite - Moorestown, NJ based, close to PA

Lighting Rental & Production Houses - These places specialize in lighting. All of them have rental gear, and most will provide you some level of design and production service.

• 10th Floor Production - a Fishtown-based "group of collaborators with members who specialize in large scale lighting and video production, interactive media design, creative scenic construction and much more"

• Starlite - Moorestown, NJ based, close to PA

• EarlGirls

• PinPoint

• ClearSound - Philly local rental house with lighting, sound, and video

• BEW Productions

• Main Light - DE

• LightAction - DE

• 4 Wall - NJ, near NYC

• PRG - NJ, near NYC

• Hayden Production Services - NJ, near NYC

• Christie Lights - NJ, near NYC

• M. Cramer & Associates - lighting equipment & systems

Video Rental Houses - These places specialize in video/projections/media. All of them have rental gear, and most will provide you some level of design and production service.

• • • 10th Floor Production - a Fishtown-based "group of collaborators with members who specialize in large scale lighting and video production, interactive media design, creative scenic construction and much more"

    • ClearSound - Philly local rental house with lighting, sound, and video

    • 4 Wall - not local, locations in Lititz, NJ, & MD, big commercial company

    • PRG - not local, NJ, outside of NYC

    • Starlite - Moorestown, NJ based, close to PA

Props Rental Houses

• Avista Custom Theatrical

• Arden Theatre

Prop Sourcing Sources

• The Resource Exchange

• • Monkey Boys

  • Acheson Walsh

• • GoShare - local shipping around Philly

  • https://rockit.global/ - entertainment shipping

  • http://roadie.com/ - "Roadie is a UPS-owned same-day delivery platform that connects people with stuff to send to drivers already heading in the right direction."

  • Task Rabbit

  • Lyft - You can use ride share to deliver items from one location to another without having to send a person in the vehicle, as long as you have a person at each end (one to give the item to the driver and one to receive it.)

  • Uber- You can use ride share to deliver items from one location to another without having to send a person in the vehicle, as long as you have a person at each end (one to give the item to the driver and one to receive it.)

• • Sustainable Production Toolkit 

  • RAIR

  • https://rabbitrecycling.com/ 

  • Resource Exchange - Reuse Center

  • Avista Custom Theatrical - Props Shop

  • Philadelphia Scenic Works - Non-Profit Scene Shop

  • FabScrap is coming to Philly

  • Philadelphia Fabric Exchange 

Ticketing Software (Customer Relations Management - CRM)

Good for ticketing one-off events / small companies (no ongoing database)

• • TicketLeap

  • Evenebrite

Good for small to midsize companies (offers proprietary database)

• • Audience View Professional (formerly OvationTix) - Created by TheaterMania. Intergrated CRM with ticketing, patron management and donor development

  • Patron Manager - Salesforce platform. Integrated CRM with ticketing, patron management and donor development.

Good for larger companies (offers proprietary database)

• • Tessitura - Robust platrform for ticketing, marketing, development and patron management. There is a Philadelphia Tessitura Consortium.

Merchandise 

• Camden Printworks (T-shirts)

Printers

• Fireball

• Marathon