Assignment

Assignment: Imagine that you are set designer, costume designer, or dramaturg for a production of //Arsenic and Old Lace// to be performed at South Side High School. The cast has been chosen and the director has met with you several times to discuss his/her concept of the play. It has been decided that the production will remain in its original setting of Brooklyn,1941. However, from reading the script and talking with the director, you know that there are a number of reasons to research the Victorian time period as well. The director has asked you to attend the first rehearsal to present the dramaturg book or design ideas to the cast.

If you are a //costume designer//, you must present a color costume sketch for each main character (ten total). Make sure that you explain your choices of color and texture, based upon your analysis of the character. Attach a swatch of fabric to each design.

If you are a //set designer//, you must present a three-demensional model of the set. Explain your choices, based upon your research, the information in the script and our own creative ideas.

If you are //dramaturg//, you will do a "dramaturgical protocol," which includes biographical information on the playwright, historical context for the play, and explanation of historical references or vocabulary that might be foreign to a cast. You will collet information in a binder, which must include visual materials as well as text.