Comedy of Errors

Sceneography Project #1

The first thought after reading Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, was that the audience had to know who was who, or they would be lost the entire show. The difficulty lied in the costume design for the production, something I don’t favor very much.

I started with the idea that this story can take place any time any place, so what better place than modern times, in a big city. The costumes needed to show the age differences, and keep the twins inline. To do so I choose to dress all the younger characters in Abercrombie & Fitch clothing, keeping styles through the class structure and color threw the relationships. Then Egeon, the father, is in old tattered clothing, from his travels and his old “out of style” ways.

When designing the set, I wanted to play on the comedy of the show. I rounded up ads that include twins or pairs. They were placed on fences that show the audience a little scene, with a big city behind. There are two entrances and exits threw the fences, and I imagine using the entrances on either side of the stage.

The lighting design consists of six acting areas lit by nine fixtures for each area. The design emphasis is on relaying time of day and visibility.

Lighting:

Light Plot

Paperwork

Lighting Storyboard: