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58 P E R S P E C T I V E | M AY / J U N E 2 0 1 7 mic stage where the girls could find their voices and hone their music. First named Lani's, later known as The Snooty Fox, the set went through revision after revision as the script needs shifted. I made a first sketch, followed by some stunning renderings by Set Designer Carlton Copeland, who spent months on complete draftings for each version. Outcome? The writers' room made the set obsolete the day the hammers were to start banging nails. Funny Story #2: Early on, I was asked to provide a simple sprung floor in an unused corner of the warehouse stage where the choreographer could rehearse numbers with the cast. Gee, the thought went, maybe that floor should be surrounded by simple flats to contain all the noise from rehearsals. Hey, the producers asked, what if those flats could later be skimmed and painted on the off-chance that a dance studio might be needed in a future episode? You can see where this was heading. Sure enough, by episode four, the rehearsal floor of real oak hardwood had