Trojan Women
Directors: Janetta Davis & Sonda Staley
Scenic Designer: Natalie Neville
Lighting Designer: Kyle Krygielski
Costume Designer: Rebecca White
Sound Designer: Jesse Charles
Properties Lead: Helen Sminkey
Stage Manager: Ja Na’Ya Johnson
Photographer: Isaac Ramsey
Scenic Artists: Chris Bacu & Gail Sparks
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While designing this show I met several challenges: we had a fast change over/process to complete everything, everything about this show had to be organic, and the majority of the team was made up of new students eager to learn.
The scenic artist team was my biggest hurdle. They both were painting their first show, so while designing I did several mini lessons for the painters, as they both had not familiarized themselves with stencils, projectors, color mixing, or blending. This is reflected through these photos and I am incredibly proud of their hard work and willingness to learn and let me teach them!
Showing the scenic artists how to fade the spiral lines
Gail adding detail to the pottery walls
Projecting and tracing the pottery walls
Progress photo while crew members are working
Installing the back wall
Framing and assembling the back wall
Cartooning progress photos
Demonstrating to the scenic artists how to use a projector and trace out the pottery walls
Chris adding shadow and depth to the back walls
Demonstrating how to use the stencils provided by the designer
First color rendition of the set
Early design conversation notes
Digital set rendering
Showing how to use a stencil