Word: scenic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most glaring question would be, why on earth is Alan so overworked? Couldn't student theater groups get someone else to work the lights? Can't Agassiz Theatre afford a professional renovator and electrician? Can't those House productions go to someone else for props, flats, drills, bolts, scenic paint and concise professional advice...
Griggs received his bachelor's degree in fine arts from the Good man School of Dramatic Arts in Chicago, and has a master's degree from the University of California at San Diego. He has extensive experience in design, scenic artistry, scene design and lighting design...
...screen influence, Prince says, it was Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective, a TV miniseries that hopscotched among layers of reality and expected audiences to get their bearings gradually, by osmosis. Says Prince: "The way the numbers are parsed into Kiss is unique. They are abrupt, fragmented. The scenic design allows you to hallucinate in a fraction of a second. We change venue without lifting, lowering, moving or revealing anything. There is no waiting. It is two realities...
...spend at least half of your time at scenic, snow-covered Mt. Brokenleg--half of the time that you aren't drunk in the lodge, that is--getting up the hill...
...Designer Chuck Adomanis handles the scenic demands of Into the Woods well. The musical begins with the Narrator opening a large two-story "book" to reveal the homes of the Baker and his Wife, Jack and Cinderella. This is artfully done and a good contrast to the wide open stage of the "forest" where the rest of the action takes place. The tree panels are on a fine line between abstract and unrecognizable; Rapunzel's tower is downright weird. The rotating rake in the center of the stage is put to good use in indicating scene changes and the director...