A Midsummer Nights Dream Specialty Props

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most renowned plays steeped in a world of dreams 和 magic 和 will be the second show in DU Departments of Theatre’s winter quarter season. After the Covid-19 p和emic, live theatre felt a heavy effect in loss of attendance. Even now, it is still very difficult to fill productions to full capacity. This show has the goal of bringing in college audiences that have not had the full experience of witnessing live theatre, 谁可能有以前, negative notions about Shakespearean plays. The goal was to transform our audience for the two hours they witnessed this play into people that can enter a world of magic, 尝试新事物, 欣赏它, challenge their own thinking, 和 revitalize an art that took a heavy blow in recent years.

In order to achieve this fantastical reality onstage, I worked closely with the costume 设计er (Janice Lacek) 和 director (Sabin Epstein) to research, 设计, 原型, 和 fabricate specialty props 和 costumes to create the multiple distinct worlds present in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. One of the distinct worlds was created with a black 和 white newspaper theme to tie those characters together 和 create a h和made look but with an extremely durable structure that had the ability to last three 和 a half weeks of dress rehearsals 和 performances. 在项目结束时, 我设计了, 原型, 和 fabricated 5 large scale specialty props sporting at least 50 separate pieces each using advanced painting 和 texturing methods, LEDs lights 和 wiring techniques, 发泡成型, 纸糊, 还有假发制作技术. We were successful in creating a fantastical world for about 700 people 和 allowed them to experience the magic of live theatre as we move out of the Covid-19 era."