Charlottes Web
   

Director: Eric Johnson

Video Designer: Adam Larson

Scenic Designer: Robert Klingelhoefer

Costume Designer: Beth Dunkelburger

Lighting Designer: Michael Wyant

Technical Director: David Longabaugh

Props: Debbie Dunlop

Stage Manager: Joanne Bender

Master Carpenter: Michael Wyant

This is one of our early ideas that got followed through to the final production.  This box is what Fern's father brings Wilbur in from the barn in.  It glows with the brilliance of Wilbur shining out.

This is in the beginning of the show when Charlotte appears so she can be Wilbur's friend.  One can tell from the background that there is a lot of projections so this show is a bit darker then normal.  So the focus is brought to the different characters using specials. 

There is a sequence of night time moments in the show that I thought looked great.  This is one of them that looks ok in the photo.  Charlotte, Wilbur and Fern each have a moon look on them that looked great with the video imagery. This is not one of the best pictures, but it shows the interaction between the characters on stage and the video screen.  That is "Uncle" on the screen talking with Charlotte.
Another interesting sequence that got interesting to light was some scenes that happened behind the scrim.  There was video happening at the same time along with actors performing in front of the scrim. An image of Wilbur and the Old Sheep as the focus.
Charlotte explaining to Wilbur why the barn will become untenable if the egg breaks.  The scrim being used again for Charlotte to Wrap up her fly.
This is the preset look.  It is an interesting look, but still looks like nothing is going to happen on stage.  It leads in to the morning barn scene quite well. This is one of the many barn looks in the show.  As one can see each character has their own area with their specials in it. 

 

This page was last updated on 07/26/2008 .