Collaboration ProjectGroup 67

Members: Eric Rodriguez, Michael Blackwell, R’Mani Levine, Tasnim Kotadia

Professor Jon Egging

The Woolgatherer Director

Cast

Characteristics

Appearance

Cliff • Arrogant• Realist• Raunchy• Funny

• Middle aged to Older man

• Looks rough• Wears a

Jacket

Rose • Innocent• Loner• Dreamer

• Younger woman

• Pale, light skinned

• Smaller skinny girl

Act One

Setting: Rose’s Apartment

Very basic set similar to what is shown above. Cliff is very quick and quirky in his responses in the first act and he needs to come off as arrogant and shallow. Rose is seems shy and standoffish but is very interested in Cliff.

Act 2

Cliff returns and after a while of debating Rose finally lets him in the house again. Rose is wearing Cliffs sweater. Rose is persistent that Cliff cannot go into the closet. When cliff finally opens the closet he feels like just another number because of all of the other sweaters.

Conclusion

Both Cliff and Rose are interested in each other but it is very vague and leaves the audience to guess what is to come.

The Woolgatherer Set Design

The stage is made to look like an apartment in order to depict the urban setting. The look of the stage will be broken up by the two acts according to where the performance is taking place in each act. Modern elements will be used in order to depict the time period as being the present.

Act One

One aspect to note for the set is how barren the apartment is. In terms of furniture, Act one should consist of an orange crate, table and chair to represent the main portion of the stage.

Considering how one aspect of the play is the focus on the boarded up window, the backdrop for the stage should be a single wall will a boarded up window to the side of it. The door is not necessary to include and the characters can be kept offstage with sound effects representing the act of knocking, opening, and closing of the door.

The apartment should also contain dried up plants which are meant to represent the theme of death. If possible, a fridge could also be included on the stage, though it may be better to simply have the characters walk offstage for that section then reenter.

Act one stage example

Act Two

With the intermission, the stage will be set up giving priority to Rose’s bedroom since it is where the majority of the act takes place.

Bedroom should be kept relatively simple. For the sake of realism, a nightstand with a lamp can reside next to the bed. The background should include a plain wall

Considering how some of the characters actions involve the door, a door prop would be placed onstage. In order to not ruin immersion, the door should reside near offstage so as not to clash with the wall.

Instead of attempting to replicate a walk in closet onstage, the moments where Cliff interacts with the closet would be represented by him walking offstage and throwing sweaters onto the stage

The Woolgatherer Light Design

Light Design

Each act is set in a small and simple one bedroom apartment, and the lighting is set by a house lamp in the first act. The setting is nighttime, and the windows are boarded up so there is a natural dimness.

This natural darkness sets the mood as calm and relaxing while the two lovers get to know each other, however the darkness also represents the sadness which is depicted in Rose’s character through out the two acts.

Act One

All of act one takes place in the apartment, with Rose on the chair and Cliff on the orange crate. The small area is lighted by a house lamp.

Act two

• The acts starts with a monologue by Rose when she is in bed, the room is almost pitch black and Rose herself is barely visible.

• When Cliff knocks on the door the lights come on. The rest of the act takes place in the bedroom lit like a bedroom light.

The Woolgatherer Costume Design

Background

Clift

Style- More rugged & casual

Nature of Character-Witty, sarcastic, playful yet seriously interested in Rose

Period- Present

Place- South Philadelphia

Rose

Style- Plain & innocent

Nature of Character- Weird, awkward, afraid yet interested in Clift

Period- Present

Place-South Philadelphia

Act One

Clift’s Wardrobe

Accessory- Old, worn out baseball hat with something funny on top of the cap

Top- Button up long sleeve camouflage shirt that fits just tight enough to show his masculine features. Torn up work sweater

Bottom- Wrangler style jeans that have a few rips in them

Shoes- Worn cowboy boots

Hair- Short cut, long enough to neatly sit under the hat

Rose’s Wardrobe

Hair- Long, brunette, hair in face, worn down in loft messy curls or messy crinkles

Top- Cream V-neck short sleeve fitted t-shirt. Black poncho that stops in the middle of rear area

Bottom- Unfitted Straight leg blue jeans that are a little baggy in the rear and crouch area

Shoes- Beat up classic Chuck Taylors

Makeup- Semi heavy black eyeliner and thick eyelashes

Act Two

Background

Clift

Clift has returned to Rose’s home wearing the same outfit

He does not have his cap on

Clift is seeking more of Rose’s attention in a way that frustrates her

Rose

Rose is going to have an outfit change

More Natural looking

Rose is a unusual position. She is guarded, but begins to interact with Clift more

Rose’s Wardrobe

Hair- Sloppy, messy side braid that lightly sits on her shoulder

Top- Clift’s work sweater

Bottom- Loose fit pajama shorts

Shoes- Old slippers

Makeup- No eyeliner