This S*P*Minar with S*P*M member Jim Guy will be a sprint through the policies and procedures needed for the selection and safe use of blank-firing guns and ammunition with an emphasis on pre-production preparation, and backstage and onstage protocols.

Jim has been designing and building props and dressing sets professionally since he joined the resident company of Cleveland Play House more than 43 years ago. Since then, his work has been seen on and off Broadway and in theaters across the country. He detoured into the academic world for seven years to run the Master in Fine Arts program in Theatrical Properties Management and Design at the University of Illinois at Champaign Urbana. He then returned to the true faith of professional theater when he became Properties Director at Milwaukee Repertory Theater 26 years ago. In addition to his theatrical work, Mr. Guy continues to teach and freelance – doing props, set dressing and special effects for opera, film, industrial and commercial video and print.