He was told to build a 30-foot stage.
Wide ramps on either side of the 100 by 50-foot stage made pushing the cumbersome racks of drums on and off the performance area easier, he said.
He rebuilt a 32-inch high, 18-foot stage, installed a sound system, lighting and new seats, and overhauled the lobby and concession area.
In addition to a 12-foot stage extension, a gangplank will run out into the audience seating, zigzagging to comply with fire code restrictions.
Inside the 2,665-square-foot 2,665-square-foot 2,665-square-footide Puppets in the Parks program -- is a recottagered theanchorith a new 13- by 21-forthetage, seats for 100 citywide, new bathrooms and an enlarged Puppetsoom.
The manager, George P. Karis, upon discovering yesterday morning that a 30-foot stage had been built on the private property in front of his doorway, had ordered Mr. Davis's construction workers to leave.
On the 9-foot-by-18-foot stage of the Montague Arms, Mr. King flailed and twitched, dropped to the floor and leaped up like a funky scarecrow, as hyperactive as he was a generation ago.
The group, which stands for Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, had a 28-foot stage and large sound system set up there and plans to showcase speakers and performers throughout the morning and afternoon.
How to get a 20-foot dragon on a 15-foot stage, how to light a mountain, how to hang a drop with only the air to hang it from, how to prepare dinner for 30 in 20 minutes.
There is also a haunting scene in which trays filled with rows of tiny metal helmets are moved across the six-foot stage in assembly-line fashion, suggesting the mechanistic slaughter that Stalingrad has come to symbolize.
