“Sea”
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A diploma production by MA directing in Taipei National University of the Arts.
Script Yi-Chu Lee
Directing Li-Li Hsu
Scenography Yi-Ju Chou
Light Shawn Lee
Costume Kelvin Xu
Performing 于庭、古峰、林奕德、范頤、高凱琳、許芳瑾、許芯穎、陳宗翰、張天霓、張敬、劉文誠、劉向
Premiere 19.05.2017. TNUA
Room T305
This is a story of a family. The protagonist is the older brother, who loves playing video games. The characters travel back and forth in their dreams, the virtual world of video games, and the reality e.g. the dining room at home, scenes in the video game, the brother’s room, the younger sister’s zoo, the hotel where the father frequents, the highway, tunnels, etc. The concept of the stage design is an adult’s playground; it can also be a world within video games.
The audience sits around the stage as if they are part of this game. The stage is divided into several sections that are connected by a long tunnel. The different areas of the stage serve to indicate different scenes, or they can also be used at the same time depending on the needs of each scene. These separated areas resemble each level of a video game.
The main color is concrete gray, and the only other colors are low value red, blue and green in order to create a playful atmosphere that is colorful but somehow depressed. In the second half of the play, the audience moves to one side of the tunnel; using this change of perspective, we aim to draw the audience’s attention more on the tunnel scene by prolonging their field of vision.
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