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A Bright Room Called Day

 

by Tony Kushner

Directed by: Arlo Chiaki Rowe

 

Assistant Director: Britta Baer-Simon

Stage Manager: Kenley Borgerson

Assistant Stage Manager: Alice Noble

Dramaturgs: Nathan Edgar, Willard Franklin

Lighting Designer: Elliot Stevenson

Assistant Lighting Designer: Milo Baker

Sound Designer: Arlo Chiaki Rowe

Assistant Sound Designer: Ryn Smith

Set Designer: Britta Baer-Simon

Assistant Set Designer: Ayli Stabinsky

Props Designer: Britta Baer-Simon

Assistant Props Designer: Ayli Stabinsky

Video and Graphics Designer: Alex Miller

 

 

Cast:

AGNES - Allison Turek

HUSZ - Nathan Edgar

BAZ - Sawyer Huss

GOTCHLING - Gabi Marler

PAULINKA - Alice Noble

DIE ALTE - Mackenzie Guthrie

ROSA MALEK - Annabeth Chow

RYAN BENNETT - Emil Traum

HERR SWETTS - J Erhard

ZILLAH - Rachel Jackson

ROLAND - Willard Franklin

 

Norton-Clapp Theatre at the University of Puget Sound. 

 

April 23rd at 7:30pm, April 24th at 2pm and 7:30pm 2021

 

Set mostly in 1940s Germany, this show explored how normal citizens of Germany reacted to the rise of the Nazis through friendship, gay rights, and immigration. This show was live-streamed from the Norton-Clapp Theatre, and included pre-recorded videos and slides in between live scenes. 

Live Streaming Elements

We took advantage of the live-stream by playing a shaky vintage style video introducing the show and our cast. As the script called for projections of different time markers, we also had slides with that text instead of projections between scenes. 

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The Living Room

Our show took place in Agnes' living room in Berlin. This was the first scene in the show, and it was a cheerful party scene which contrasted later when the terror of 1940s Germany set in, and characters turned on each other.

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Gabi Marler "Gotchling" (Left), Allison Turek "Agnes" (Middle Left), Nathan Edgar "Husz" (Center), Sawyer Huss "Baz" (Middle Right), Alice Noble "Paulinka" (Right), Photo by Arlo Chiaki Rowe

Projections

The set utilized a projector to show various images and videos. In this one where Baz describes his concerns about his country to Agnes, a video of snow was playing in the background. 

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Sawyer Huss "Baz" (Left), Allison Turek "Agnes" (Right), Photo by Arlo Chiaki Rowe

Generations

In the last scene, the three generations of women from different times come together to warn against apathy and inaction. This prerecorded scene utilized the set but stripped it of all furniture and placed it in unrealistic lighting.

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Rachel Jackson "Zillah" (Left), Allison Turek "Agnes" (Center), Mackenzie Guthrie "Die Alte" (Right), Photo by Arlo Chiaki Rowe

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