THE PATSY,  Scenic Design

by: Greg Leaming, translated and adapted from Georges Feydeau's "Le Dindon"

Resident Ensemble Players, Newark, Delaware

Directed by: Steve Tague

Lighting Design: Matt Richards

Costume Design: Martha Haley

We chose to realize three distinct rooms in this world premiere production.

Pre-Art Deco shapes and details were used to bring us into the world of 1913 Paris.

I referenced the illustrations of George Barbier to create environments with a graphic quality.

The pink, black, and gold palette was a consistent element whether we were in Vatelin’s elegant apartment, the seedy Hotel Ultimus, or Redillon’s upscale bachelor pad.

The jigsaw puzzle design sustained the tension with the measured placement of thirteen doors. Each door possessed  the comic potential held between the hidden and the revealed, and served as a driving force to push characters together or apart.