OH NO, NOT THEM!

January 2007 -  Working for the Foundation of Arts, a non-profit organization, I was given the opportunity to present one of my written plays as a fundraiser for the the organization.  The scene design was set to represent to scenes.  The first was in a the Smith's bedroom the night before and the living room of their condominium the following day.  The bedroom was designated by a bed and night stand in front of a black traveller.  My design for the set, shown on the ground plan above, was a large room with a large window, and front door, with a bar, couch, an exit to the bedroom, and another exit to the kitchen.  The play was later revised and performed in an arena setting at the Jonesboro Dinner Theatre in which the kitchen was shown.  A fireplace was required as well as a large mirror and coat tree.  The play was a success and read very well on the stage.  The original version contained 16 people on the stage at the same time.  The revision was cut to eight.  The pictures shown are from the performance at the Forum for the Foundation of Arts.  

STUDIO DISCO

July/August 2008 - Studio Disco was a musical I wrote in an arena setting for the Jonesboro Dinner Theatre, located at the The Party Room in downtown Jonesboro.  Co-writer for the music was Andrue Sullivan.  The idea of the disco was to reflect a true 1970s discotheque.  The opening took place in the same building, now a restaurant (on its final closing day before being condemned) 30 years later.  The Disco would have a DJ booth, a stairwell which entered down into the club bar tables and stools, a couch, and a working disco floor.  I could have purchased an LED floor but I chose to create an old-fashioned floor.   A large disco ball was required between the stage and dance floor, and among the tables for the audience, a single table was placed for the actors.  The idea was for the audience to feel as if they were in an actual club.  With the help of interior designer, MG Meyer, 222 Studio Disco came to life and the audience continually told me what a great time they had and how many felt like they were in reliving their youth.  The show was such as success that it was held over an extra weekend and would have continued except for the space being used for another event the following weekend.

THE ELDER (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

August 2009 - The Elder was part of the 2nd Annual KISS Fan Convention held in Jonesboro.  As part of a celebration of the recording of the concept album "Music From the Elder (1981), Mark Lawson and Andrue Sullivan helped me create a play based on the music.  The play required several scene changes and costumes.  I designed the costumes, lights, sound, and build the set.  The production required a ship (reconstructed and altered from the Aladdin (ASU) a month earlier), an area located in space of the universe, two large doors entering into a mystical room, corridors of a castle, a throne, a dungeon, and a forest.  The opening scene in the dark universe was created by black curtains, dark lights, mirror ball and a plasma ball.  The two doors (12 ft tall) were painted to resemble a wooden grain and flown in from the baton.  The ship would contain a great battle, in which a martial arts group performed the stunts.  The forest were created by wood framing and hardened, painted foam.  The show was a one-act production on a proscenium stage.  Costume designs varied and are shown above along with the finished product.  This was my first show to design costumes as well as the set.  Also the shirt design has been included.

LIFE AND FIRE (UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

"LIfe and Fire" is a rock musical designed as a small traveling road show.  I have worked on this script for the past ten years and am planning on presenting a test performance of the show this Spring, therefore, there are no production photos. The purpose of this is to show my procedure and design work so far.  Recording have been made of the music and script is complete.  My future plans are to take the show on a tour of colleges.  The set takes place on a intersection of two streets (Life and Fire).  The two streets meet at a large Oak tree.  The set is to reflect two sides of town; the brighter, prosperous side (good side) and the rundown, poor side (bad side).   Above are the designs I have included for the ground plan, elevations, and renderings.