Take Them Into the Dirt

Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Scenic Design

Devised Theatre Production
Immersive Theatre: 30 audience members per experience in Black Swan studio theatre
Four months to develop
Six concentric 120 degree rings of projection panels with alternating solid & translucent panels
19 individual position setups
Calculated eight-projector coverage & luminosity for each setup using Cinema 4D

Photo during tech Multiple layers of images shot through translucent panels
Concentric rotating panels Panels alternated between solid and translucent	Drafting of individual ring panels
Preshow Busker outside the theatre entrance Pictured: Cedric Lamar	Entry ring panel setup
Basin Scene Audience invited to purify themselves	Legacy Board scene Pre-show, audience were invited to write words people would use to describe them on note cards. These cards were pinned here.
Legacy Board scene Projections of descriptive words overlayed the cork boards	Mid-show Busker scene Actor exited and invited audience to follow to shrine
Photo through translucent material Pictured: Cedric Lamar	Rough Shrine Design Audience members brought an item that encapsulated who they are and were invited to place it in the shrine
Shrine Scene Audience members brought an item that encapsulated who they are and were invited to place it in the shrine	"Mirror Wall" transition Audience viewed themselves in mirrors, reflecting on who they were
Mirror wall journey - plan view	Final Scene - discussion Pictured: Cedric Lamar
Post show discussion - plan view