the woolgatherer
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The Woolgatherer
Written by William MastrosimoneDirected by Xuan Dao
Lighting design by Mai Thao NguyenCostume design by Jessica Francois
Set design by Linh Phuong Tran
Script
Act I:
- Dramatic situation is entirely ordinary and both characters are dangerously close to being stock figures
- Cliff and Rose are the protagonist, both are ‘woolgatherer’ as against the painful realities of their rather gritty existences
- They start the play by making romantic connection, budding relationship, where tender passion can decentralize into violent hostility at any moment
- Using metaphor of birds to illustrate Rose’s spirit
Theme
Fantasy - loses touch with reality
Love – when the couple got beyond those qualities, they found a mutual susceptibility and longing
Style
Comic romance
- Cliff’s taunts are not uncharitable and the contrast between the two creates comic conflict in the “Odd Couple” vein
- Rose’s loveliness and Cliff’s rugged independence were probably the initial attractants.
Casting
Rachel McAdams plays as Rose
- Grace and enthusiasm
- Brings a nuance emotionally to her characterization
Channing Tatum plays as Cliff
- Good looking guy with six-pack
- He expresses his rising frustration with control and credulity
- Sustain their American accents flawlessly and consistently
RehearsalsRachel McAdams is unfailingly real and sincere in her precise preservation of the the balance between hopelessly wretched and comically nutty
Channing Tatum travels around those hazards, presenting a degree of manly gruffness blended with a delightfully charming presence
Both actors create convincing characters
Their generosity of spirit in contributing all proceeds
They deserve high admiration for the attentiveness required to bring William Mastrosimone’s script to life with the audience so close.
Light Design
Visibility and Form
Light bulbs – high side light, on the top help audiences focus on two actors and help shape the form of the actors from another perspective angle.
Lamp – side light, on the table of Rose’ room so the audiences could see the actors’ faces more clearly.
Visual composition and Reinforcing
To help the audiences focus on the story that Rose tells Cliff about her past. The composition of large area of the light in Rose’ room turn focus into Rose and Cliff.
Spotlight : creating mood and contribute feeling for the audiences
Time and place
Black curtain on the back wall represent night time
Lamp, bed, table represent the room and indoor.
Rhyme and MoodColor lights when the scene meet its climax as Rose tells Cliff that she got raped.
Violin sounds
Light color slowly faded and become dimmed lights at the end.
Set Design
Set Design
Scene Design
The play begin at an efficiency apartment where the single bed lied next to a board-up window hidden cheap curtains.
On the other side of the bed is a small table go along with an old wooden chair.
Across the bed is a closet which face with a door that leading to the hallway.
Mood and Style The scene has effectively conveyed the dark and furnished environment in which Rose has lived her loneliness life.
With a board-up window with the bare walls which conveyed the outcast feeling of the room which Rose shut people out of her life.
Realistic Theatre Selected and reproduced onstage an actual room from an apartment, which included wallpaper, light fixtures, furniture, etc.
The room would be resemble, but not duplicate, its real-life counterpart.
Locale and Period
The play occurred around in the 90s at an apartment of a small town of South Philadelphia.
The Design Concept
Supple work with these two complex performers to create a perfect performance that include way of speaking during the 20th century.
And the concept must be instructed by the director that would match with the script.
Costume Design: RoseRose is modest and lonely so she will wear clothes that almost completely cover her body
She is at home and should be dressed comfortably
She wears a men’s sweater from her old roommate
It will be a plain color because of her modesty
The sweater will appear old She has had it for a significant time
She does not have money to upgrade or repair her clothing
Play was created in 1979 and produced in 1981
Clothing will be slightly adapted for today’s time period as the setting at the beginning says “now”
Costume Design: Rose
Makeup will be simple and minimal
No money to afford
Hair will be disheveled but not completely messy
She lives alone and works in a candy shop by herself
She will not be wearing any jewelry
She is modest and cannot affordShe wears an old men’s sweater
Costume Design: Rose
She will wear jeans that are loose
She eats food that is thrown away
She is thin
Old tennis shoesTo accompany the men’s sweater and loose jeans
Costume Design: Cliff
Slightly dirty shirt without sleeves
Spends time in truck
Maybe tried to look under hood of truck
Simple, yet sarcastic attitude
Costume Design: Cliff
Hiking bootsSturdy for truck rides
Thick for warmth if sleeping in truck
Old
Costume Design: Cliff
Tattered and slightly baggy jeans
Thick jeans for warmth and sturdiness when driving
Movement on stage
Comfortable for actor
Comfortable for driving trucks
Costume Design: Cliff
Makeup will be added for a “dirty” look
Basically lives in truck
Makes few stops
From truck breaking down
The Woolgatherer
Arena Theater Houston
June 28th to July 5th, 2014
The Autumn/Winter tour
Showtime starts at 2:30 pm
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