My first scene design assignment is "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett. This is one of the most well known absurdist plays and it is a critique on how we spend our lives. Didi and Gogo arrive at the same place every day waiting for a character named Godot, and every day a young boy comes by to say Godot will be coming tomorrow.
I am playing with the idea of time lapse for my design. Their actions are in cycles, so I thought it would be interesting to show the growth and death of a tree. Each image would show what is behind and ahead in the cycle. Perhaps, layering them through multiple screens and using lighting as a key part of the design.
Also, those of you not familiar with the play; the scene in the script is described as "a tree. a country road." I played with other ideas but I feel like you cannot...should not...design this play replacing the tree.
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