Design with Michael

Remember to set up the stage correctly unless you want to sit on Professor Fusi's lap. And if you want to create an intimate scene make people sit on a couch instead of two chairs. They should face each other. Ooo lala.

So now I know that if I want to be a power figure that I need to stand in the middle of the stage on a chair. I also have to move otherwise I might be mistaken for a prop. Ahh. In that case I should just walk onto the stage from the side. Maybe just barely slip into the action.

Each of the groups had a good interpretation of their beautiful pictures. Haha. Peter and the Wolf always creates interesting scenes. My favorite would have to have been the action scene. Relays are always fun. Too bad no one made any really funny mistakes, and too bad some people cheated.

How important is it, when blocking, to keep the actors facing the audience? Does it always matter if they are not facing the front? I guess that it just really depends on what's happening on stage.

I want to try interpretive dance.

For a play to be interpreted the way that the director wants, it's important for the director and the designer to work together. But overall I think that everyone who wants a play to work well need to work together for anything to happen (that is unless it's a monologue that does not involve curtains or lights).