WOMAN AND SCARECROW
Set Design
NOMINATED FOR A BROADWAY WORLD PHILADELPHIA AWARD
“Set designer Vandy Scoates creates a simple yet stunning bedroom that is a functional work of art painted beautifully by the brush of Jerold Forsyth’s lighting.”
-Delconewsnetwork.com. By Rosemary Fox. Nov.16, 2011
More reveiws at page bottom
-Delconewsnetwork.com. By Rosemary Fox. Nov.16, 2011
More reveiws at page bottom
Villanova University
Philadelphia, PA
Directed by David Cregan
2010
Philadelphia, PA
Directed by David Cregan
2010
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Woman and Scarecrow is an Irish play that tells the story of a women dying and the spirit who stays with her to escort her into the afterlife.
The words that director David Cregan gave me when we started the design process to describe his idea of the play were: "Salvador Dali and Spilled Milk" Using these words as my jumping off point I tried to infuse a surrealist quality to the set design while maintaining a domestic mood that mirrored the story of Woman's life. The set was simple on a raked stage with a few pieces of furniture including a 12' tall wardrobe that Scarecrow emerges from to embody death, and a bed made up of the forest surrounding the home of Woman. The floor was painted to give the illusion that it, like everything else in the play, was being sucked into the wardrobe. Behind the room was a large RP screen where Lighting designer Jerry Forsyth made eerie projects of light and entrances were made through shadow play by the supplemental characters Him and Auntie Ah. |
“[The direction] is supported magnificently by the design work. Scenic designer Vandy Scoates has created a simple yet evocative playing space in the Vasey’s very deep thrust. From the faded wood planking of the raked floor to the over-large armoire upstage, one is given the feeling of an old Irish ‘council house’. The large bed of entwined branches adds the element of other worldliness.”
-Stagepartners.org. By Ellen Wilson Dilks. Nov.13, 2011 (mention on p.2)
-Stagepartners.org. By Ellen Wilson Dilks. Nov.13, 2011 (mention on p.2)