CABARET
This project, the last of the 2009-2010 school year, pushed my limits into new discoveries, namely wire mesh (a pain) and chicken wire (a godsend!). The set is designed for USU's Morgan Theater, a thrust stage that always presents a creative challenge for student and professor alike to design in. Walkways lead up to the voms and reach out over the fourth row in the audience for dance numbers for a more "in your face" cabaret experience. The concept for this set is for everything to have an industrial feel, then gradually evolve into a concentration camp at the end. Tables come out in the moat, giving the audience more of a feeling of being in a club, I would have it extend into the rest of the house, with the ushers dressed cabaret style. There are rollaway stairs and platforms that can be arranged in various positions for different scenes. One of my main goals is to present the director, choreographer, etc. with an array of creative choices to spring ideas from.