Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, produced by the San Diego Repertory Theatre was based on Robert Louis Stephenson’s novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, adapted by director and co-artistic director Doug Jacobs. The adaptation was Doug’s first production in the new Lyceum Theatre. Slovak scenographer, Ladislav Vychodil, was brought to the United […]
Lighting
Cloud 9
“Total decadence” were the first words used by director Sam Woodhouse to describe what was important in Cloud 9. The lighting design needed to create several different atmospheres (both literally and figuratively). From the heat and oppressive environment of Africa to the sultry ambiance of London a century later were key elements of the lighting. The […]
Extremities
Director Sam Woodhouse was concerned that his production of Extremities be about the senseless violence and control issues involved in rape and not about Raul or sex. It was important that the environment of the play be as gentle and idyllic as possible. The New Jersey farm house that the author provided was ideal for […]
The Time of Your Life
The San Diego Rep’s production of The Time of Your Life was produced in the converted church the Rep used for a theatre until 1986. The lighting was designed to create a contrast between the friendly safe outer facade of the bar and the tension that was ever present just below the surface. Warm, comfortable colors were […]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The primary goal for the design of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was to create a space that encouraged confrontation and captured the hot sultry environment that Williams wrote into the script. Director Jay Fields wanted a “transparent” room that would suggest that privacy was not possible. He also wanted to capture the essence of “southern […]
Comedy of Errors
Artist-in-Residence, internationally known Scenographer Ladislav Vychodil from Slovakia, designed a ‘high-tech’ setting of aluminum and plexi-glass to accommodate director Joe Cazalet’s vision for Comedy of Errors. Cazalet saw Comedy taking place in an advanced society somewhere in outer-space. The lighting design, in order to suggest that the space was from another world, incorporated a wash of mercury vapor […]
Celestina
Director Joe Cazalet and Margret Stocker adapted Celestina from a 15th century play by Fernando de Rojas . The production of Celestina was originally designed to be performed in the D.B. Clarke theatre, a 600 seat fully equipped proscenium theatre. Three weeks into rehearsals a fire in the D.B. Clarke forced the production to move to a 50′ x […]
The Threepenny Opera
The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht was co-produced by Concordia University and the Goethe Institute of Montreal and directed by Joe Cazalet. Joe had directed numerous productions of Brecht plays and Brecht was a special area of study and research for Joe. Joe described his image for the set as a ‘Victorian, Nazi, Industrial, Capitalistic PLAYGROUND.’ […]
Tartuffe
Vincent Landro, director of Tartuffe, saw the character Tartuffe as Satan. Vince used words like “slimey, snake, devil, and pure evil” to describe the character. The costume design became a major element for showing Tartuffe’s character. All of the other characters were clothed with soft earthy fabrics, while Tartuffe’s fabrics were hard and slick. The space […]