cell is barred and I wanted a light blue light to peak through the window to represent the moon and night fall.Act One opens up in the home of Reverend Parris. The only furniture in the scene is Betty’s bed, and bed side table, the table located upstage, and a large wooden chest. The only thing that would have any bright color would be Betty’s quilt, which is made up of patchwork of a variety of light blue to dark blue. I made most of my set pieces different colors in the layout so that the whole drawing wasn’t the same shade of brown. On stage they will be the original color planned.Act 2 is the home of the Proctors. A fire is burning and Elizabeth is heard upstairs singing to the children. To make things easier I had most of the furniture in rollers to they could easily be moved during scene changes. Other things like chairs would be carried off by cast member after the act.Act 3 is located in the Salem Meeting house where the selected members of Salem are put on trial. During the scenes of questioning I wanted the accused to face the audience as if they were being cast away from society. Act 4 opens in the Salem jail. Sarah Good and Tituba are held in the cell. The only furniture in the cell are two wooden benches. My costumes were very simple patterns with some small patterns. Each character would have the same costume throughout the whole play, and as the play proceeds the costumes of the accused would be worn and tattered to show how society had “ripped” them to shreds. The costume time periods ranged from 1660-1710 and also mirrored certain colonial eras.The costume below is the main pattern for Reverand Parris. I was him as a man that was trying to be sophisticated but not quite fitting in, so I clothed him in the 1660’s while everyone else is clothed in the up-to-date fashions. I wanted him to stay in the basic puritan color: black. The shirt would be white cotton because I couldn’...
