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DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS: Mask work was integral to this production. The lead’s mask were designed by Tara Cariaso, using colors reflective of each character & their costume. She also taught a few workshops because the use of the body in space is completely different with a mask. The chorus masks had to have a similar look as the leads while costing less than $5 each. [Gail Beach, email dated 9/5/18]
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DC Metro Theater Arts review, April 22, 2016: “…Darcy and Elizabeth get a brand new Pop Art twist in this refreshing adaptation, adapted by Jon Jory from Jane Austen’s classic novel. The set. Lights, and sound… are a Lichtenstein masterpiece brought to life, with minimalist, primary color walls…The costumes, however, are period accurate by Gail Beach, with only the bright colors, particularly the rainbow of dresses on the Bennet girls, as a nod to the theme.”
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PHILOMEL MYTH: With Greek and Roman variations, Philomela was mutilated and raped by her sister’s husband, King Tereus. The sisters exact revenge and the gods transformed them into birds.
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DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS: [The director] is inspired by Asian culture...He knows wedding dresses as being red, so we’re going with that…There are three feature wedding dresses. One of the red dress is a real showstopper, lacey, beaded, and with a va-va-voom vibe. [Julie Cray-Leong, The Tower, November 20, 2015]
This script calls for a large amount of stage blood, which gets on everything. The dress is designed for the blood to wash out, (but nothing is perfect). Because the clean-up took 4 hours, we had to build 2 of each dress since there wasn’t enough time between shows to accomplish the task. [Gail Beach, email dated 9/5/18]
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PLAYWRIGHT’S DESCRIPTION OF GABRIEL: ...angel, ageless and genderless, a messenger of God who’s super stoked about the job and sometimes forgets how to relate to mere humans
