Housed in a 22,000-square-foot facility in Renton, WA, Seattle Opera Scenic Studios began building superlative opera and theater productions in 1980 under the leadership of Scenic Studios Manager Michael Moore. In addition to building scenery for Seattle Opera (as well as other opera companies and theaters), they also take on other building and design projects, including museum exhibitions and video games. In 2005, they came to the rescue of Seattle’s famed Monorail, manufacturing eight doors to replace those damaged during a collision. In the animal kingdom, their progeny includes such creatures as Lohengrin’s animatronic swan, “Rusty the Singing Pig” (one of 100 pigs decorated for Pigs on Parade 2007, a celebration of the Pike Place Market’s Centennial), and at least seven dragons.