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Also jarring is the show’s set, designed by Todd Weekley. A mishmash of wooden furniture, the piles of chairs, tables, and desks strewn about the stage evoke nothing of Revolutionary France, but instead resemble the Dorm Crew storage closet. The most successful props are a few large wooden tumbrels, which provide a versatile playground for the actors as they use the handsome carts to labor, seduce, and persecute. As a perfunctory nod to the French national motto, “liberté,” “égalit?...
...Cosgrove was a lovably naïve Thomas. He frolicked about making full use of the absurdist set (designed by Todd Weekley), often slamming and whirling its four doors, all with different heights and configurations of knobs and mounted in stark white and green walls. Although he was dressed in a red onesie, and spoke often of an imaginary princess, Cosgrove’s childishness was never overwrought. And as he frantically paced the stage, his tie flapping, patient Jon (Michael R. Wolfe ’09) successfully encapsulated the caricature of a businessman, a stumbling sycophant, and a poignant...
...best aspects of this outing is that the set, designed by Todd Weekley, is constructed such that the audience shares the same floor space as the actors. The audience sits on sofas and chairs that line the four walls of Martha and George’s living room...
...characters’ thick accents and rapid speech, Spillane-Hinks does an exceptional job in trying to make the action clear and understandable, although the quick exchanges at the beginning of the show make it hard to follow at first.The set design is spectacularly utilitarian. Designer Todd Weekley successfully creates a set that is minimalist, but provides a wealth of material for the actors to interact with, from mirrors on the wall to the attic platform. The set’s rich earth tones also complement the small-town setting of an Irish village. The lighting, designed by Joshua Randall...
...what a current it is. The staff, including professional set designer Todd Weekley and costume designers Casey M. Lurtz ’07 and Jane H. Van Cleef ’06, successfully creates a sense of a state somewhere between waking and dreaming, to match the delirious flow of words and ideas throughout the piece...