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 50′ black box theatre with a 12′ ceiling. In the original plan the climax of the production was to occur with Celestina jumping from a 20′ tall tower into a crash bag to commit suicide. In the actual production the illusion of the height and the jump became a problem for the lighting design. With Celestina circling (on a flat floor) through contrasting lights from varies angles and colors the illusion was highly successful.