“Richard Foreman as Scenographer” By Arnold Aronson

· Text, character, language, sound, space, thought, and décor intertwined to create visual production
· Audience inspired by wonder and thrill resulting from intricacy
· Points of focus debatable but equal engagement for entire audience
· Theater vs. stage – sets overpower actors
· Incorporates framing – objects vs. actors and audience vs. stage
· Sets incredibly unique – “rough around the edges” (Victorian-like) and not industrial
· Uniform color scheme plays with lighting, which plays with mood
· Homey comfort provokes eroticism?
· Strings represent connection – connect stage and even audience, one “embodiment”
· Lines everyday occurrence and visual – power to frame, focus, or disrupt
· Stage: empty vs. dense (black dots)
· Projects reflections of text (reverberation) and it hits audience, evoking personal response
· INTERACTION