The Good Doctor
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Acting as Set Designer and Prop Designer in collaboration with Director Fred Willecke, this production of Neil Simon's "The Good Doctor" was presented in the rustic home of a struggling writer who breaks the "fourth wall" of the theatre convention and shares several separate stories that only are only relate by the narration given by the writer. Instead of having it as a cabaret format, we felt it more tangible with all the story sequences taking place right in the study of the narrator's quaint country house.
Sequence at the Opera
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"The Sneeze" is one of the many stories that the writer shares. A familiar part of the story takes place in seating of an Opera house. In effort to not disrupt the fluid format of the play yet still embrace to needed structure of balcony seating, the Opera sequence was place on a roll away platform which gave a feeling of elegance yet withheld any visual aspects that might have drawn attention over the comical sequence.
Sequence on the Shipping Docks
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"The Drowning Man" was a story sequence executed by emphasizing the pier like qualities of the young writer's balustrade balcony in his study to change locations without leaving the familiar realm of his rustic home. Taking place on a seedy dockyard in a bay city, the weathered and plain wood slats gave the appropriate quality that was sought for in this darkly comical sequence.
Primary Research Image
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To gain the befitting style of an Eastern European country cottage in the Victorian Era, measures were taken in gaging the amount of wall hangings and decor, what type of floral patterning and color palate would be advantageous in building a world where stories sincere and strange could come to life.
Painter's Elevation
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Initially the venue for this apprenticeship production was set in a black box theatre with a seating capacity of 90, but as the air control failed, making it it unbearable to sit through a production, options for a new venue were considered. When the decisions were made, the set, originally designed for the confined and intimate space of a black box theatre, was now placed in a venue nearly triple the size. Designs were readjusted and 2 Large Bookshelves were added to give substance so as not to lose the set in the space.