Today theater stage designers use computer-aided design (CAD) rather than pencil drawings and miniature replicas to bring productions to life. Pyrotechnics, false doors, lighting and other details are brought together on a computer before engineering of the set begins. Sci NC’s Evan Howell talks to designers at PlayMakers Repertory Company at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to see how it all works. | PBS North Carolina

From a blank stage to Boyle Heights, watch the Loeb Drama Center transform into the world of Real Women Have Curves: The Musical 🌺 Only two weeks left to experience the critically acclaimed new musical—don't miss it! | American Repertory Theater