Whitman College - 12th Night

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"An Island of Love in a Sea of Madness" - or so the director said.

 

This Whitman College production of 12th Night was produced on a semi-thrust proscenium stage with a budget of three thousand dollars. Dimensional foam arches, layers of scrim projection surfaces, and front projections provided smooth transitions from a stormy shore to the tranquility of Olivia's garden.

 

The rigidity of the stone floor and the arch forms was softened by layering projected textures on hanging translucent fabrics. The violent nature of the storm in Act one was enhanced by billowing curtains of fabric reminiscent of renegade ship sails. Ship sails and stoic arches became the effervescent foliage of Olivia's garden with the use of side and front projections of color and patterns. By removing the projections, the severity of the architectural forms provided the more formal settings for the palace of Orsino, Duke of Illyria.

 

The Whitman design for 12th Night has been accepted for inclusion in The International Theatre Design Archive - For Viewing, please see: The International Theatre Design Archive

A complete set of high resolution production photos and production drafting has been archived on CD-ROM in an image database and is available upon request.

For Details of the Theatre Space, Please refer to: The HJT Tour

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