Our last post had to do with putting the fictional Snelgraves into historical and geographical reality with their would-be neighbor, Samuel Pepys. Today's post is in a similar vein in that it's about taking the description of the setting given by Ms. Wallace, the playwright, and bringing it to the physical reality of NC Stage's space.
Here's the description of the setting:
"A room that has been stripped of all its fine furnishings, except for a couple of simple, though fine, wooden chairs. One small window upstage.
A cell or room of confinement.
The street below the window of the Snelgraves' house."
So how does that all come together and mesh with the ideas of the director and other designers? Well, there are a series of production meetings where discussions occur, ideas are thrown out and others replace them, decisions are made and eventually action must take place. In the slideshow below, you can see the evolution of the set design from model through construction through painting to completion (roughly). In some of the painting pictures, you can see the Scene Designer himself, James Johnson. You can also see how with the design of the set, we made the decision to bring in the seating of our side sections, as the playing space is a bit more confined than usual. (They're great seats, by the way...)
Enjoy the (slide)show! And, of course, feel free to share your thoughts and comments below.
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