Prop Master

WHQR | By Shane Fernando

Published August 31, 2009 at 4:25 PM EDT

"What I enjoy best as prop master is being able to transport others to various times and places... the audience as well as the actors."

By Shane Fernando

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Wilmington, NC – The magic of the theatre can be brought about by hands many in the audience never see.

Shane Fernando is the perennial property master at Wilmington's Red Barn Studio and is curator of the Boseman Gallery at UNCW.

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Shane Fernando

Shane Fernando grew up in Wilmington, NC, being an avid WHQR listener during his childhood during the station's first years. He also served as WHQR's first intern. After graduation from UNCW in 2000, where he spearheaded the project and fundraising for the UNCW Millennium Clock Tower, he moved to Washington, DC to work in the U.S. Senate. In 2005, Shane returned to Wilmington, receiving his master's degree in Public Administration.

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