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For many years now, there has been an increase in the use of virtual sets in theatre, film and television. This paper proposes an alternative way in redesigning stage sets for a theatrical performance that can be viewed on television. It employs the creation of computer-simulated scenery which is made possible with computer-aided design (CAD) application. Although, virtual sets is popular in the western world, it has received less attention in Ghana. The paper employs a qualitative approach which is descriptive and explanatory in nature. Data collected enable to analyse the virtual set created. It is noted that virtual sets add another form of creating illusionistic scenery, aesthetics with details and accuracy. It became known that such technology can be used by integrating theatre, film or television. Also, this technology can be executed either �live� or pre-recorded performances. The paper concludes that virtual sets have become an alternative for scenographers in creating scenery for performance, apart from the conventional methods. It suggests that the use of computer-aided design (CAD) softwares by scenographers would expose them to various uses of several computer design applications to be able to survive in the technological epoch.