For A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum the scene designer and I switched jobs as I designed the set for
the production.
It was a lot of fun and we had some unique problems to
solve.
The set design itself was rather straight forward and
offered few challenges except where to put the orchestra.
The Brockport mainstage has an orchestra pit and has been
used many times but the director wanted the actors closer to the audience so I
designed a pit cover the would go over the pit.
There was a cutout downstage center for the conductor and a
few of the musicians had to sit down under the stage.
We would use the pit cover a few times over the years, Hair
in 2008 and in 2010 when we did A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the
Forum again.
I designed in four grills so the orchestra could have a feel
for what was happening above them and to let out a bit of the sound.
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| The pit reused in 2010 |
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| The "Air' Grills |
At the time I told everyone that the grills were to let
fresh in into the pit.
I was lucky that the scene designer and his students painted
the set for me.
I was more than able to paint the paint elevations but do
not know if I could have paint the whole set as well as fast as they did.
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| My painters elevation |
Just for fun I put a well with real water and a fountain in
the center of the stage.
One student spent hours playing with water pumps and nozzles
trying to get a good stream of water.
The director had the main Lovers do a scene going in and out
of the water.
Updated May, 23, 2017
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