The actors actually carried the pieces of the wagon down the aisle at the start of the play and "assembled" it on stage in front of the audience as the show began.
The inner stage behind the "Weaver's Guild" curtain was used as the house of the thieving shepherd and at the end as a tableau of the nativity...the ANGEL puppet rose up behind the wagon to sing it's joyful news of Christ's birth to the Shepherds as seen in the lower picture.
( These are frame grabs from a videotape of the production).
This simple show was so popular that it garnered the best reviews of any holiday offering that season in Fort Worth and we toured it in Dallas after the Kimbell run was over. I am proud that my original vision of the play was presented intact as I designed it ( not the norm, sadly) and that it was so roundly well received.
If you would like to see some scenes from the play visit http://www.youtube.com/user/HipPocketMemories
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