Costumes, designed by senior Allison Greaves, reflect all the eras in the span of 100 years. Because the setting is not realistic and the characters do not generally interact with each other, age concerns become relative. The play offers substantial acting challenges to everyone. We seek to evoke some sense of the river, the terrain of the river valley, the hills where the communities commemorated their dead, the covered bridges and railroad bridges that crossed the Spoon. Lighting, designed by Choma and junior Tim Lord, is an intensive scenic element as the space adjusts to the myriad emotional and attitudinal shifts from character to character.
Music is a combination of live and recorded sound, including several original compositions.
Text from the tone poem riverever , written by Creative Writing Director Robin Metz and set to voice by Music Department faculty composer Bruce Polay, will provide a recurring theme. We embrace dance as storytelling and dance as out and out fun. This script and its production values offer our company a maximized opportunity to succeed as students, as performers, and as artists. It also allows us to relate to our particular audience in a unique way. Additionally, the theatrical form is an alternative approach to traditional theatre storytelling.