HEADS! & Tales
Uncle Bill's Musings on the Theatrical Experience
by Bill Sapsis

A compilation of articles and stories Bill has written over the past 15 years. Revised, refreshed and updated, they are a treasure trove of practical advice, humor and gems of wisdom for the stage technician from one of the most respected leaders in the industry.

In this book you'll find chapters on
• Fall Arrest
• Counterweight Rigging
• Eating in Foreign Lands
• Rope
• Voting
• and Bill's favorite topic... Safety

Bill Sapsis has been working in and around the theatre for over 35 years. His career has taken him from Broadway to the White House and landed him on five continents. He is president of Sapsis Rigging, Inc., founded in 1981. Bill is co-chair of the Rigging Working Group for ESTA and co-chair of the Certification Committee for the ETCP. In his free time he enjoys skiing and motorcycles, although not usually simultaneously.

"The chapter on fall protection is brilliant! Reading it, I gained a working understanding of a subject I knew nothing about." - Tom Young, J.R. Clancy, Inc.

"I laughed, I cried... Bill has a truly unique approach to discussing rigging issues. I never would have thought I would be laughing out loud while reading how to reeve a curtain track, and yet he treats the life and death subject of fall protection with the required sensitivity and seriousness." - Rocky Paulson

"Bill Sapsis speaks eloquently with great passion and humor about those things that are important. His musings on social responsibilty, family, respect and mentoring will remind us why it is we do this and I want my students to hear what he has to say. If we didn't have Uncle Bill, we would have to invent him." - Carla D. Richters, Dartmouth College

128 pages
6x9 paperback
ISBN:9 780979 703904