Mamma Mia! in 2025 was a remount of Neptune Theatre's production in 2018, so many props were a replica of both the designer and a previous prop builder from eight years ago. My job was to follow both schematics and personal touches of another prop builder, while also adding a signature of my own. One of my biggest builds on this show is Sophie's Nightmare bed-- which is the first prop on stage for act two. There were three parameters I had to follow for this prop: 1) It must move around smoothly and be handled roughly for choreography, 2) It must be safe for both actors above and below the piece, and 3) It must glow in the dark. the key importance being safety- The original bed was made out of metal, but I did not have access to welding materials nor a proper facility to do metalwork, so everything had to be created out of ply and reinforced again and again to both withstand dancers on top of the frame and a two month run of the show. While small, the nightmare bed is strong and impeccably reinforced that a performer could tap dance on it until the wood erodes away.