Bingo: The Winning Musical
A playful nautical world for Okoboji Summer Theatre, using lakeside color, retail-comedy brightness, and musical-theatre clarity to support the show's fast humor and local charm.
Okoboji Summer Theatre2013
Description
The Okoboji Lakes region gave Bingo: The Winning Musical its scenic identity. Instead of treating the piece as a generic community-hall comedy, I pulled from nautical motifs, cheerful color, and polished local charm to root the world in place.
The production needed a bright, legible environment that could support the pace of musical theatre. I wanted enough regional specificity for the setting to feel personal, but enough openness for the staging, music, and comedy to move easily.
Credits
Book byMichael Heitzman and Ilene Reid
Music and LyricsMichael Heitzman, Ilene Reid, and David Holcenberg
Direction and ChoreographyTricia Brouk
Music DirectionAndrew David Sotomayor
Scenic DesignBrandon PT Davis
Costume DesignKirsteen Buchanan
Lighting DesignJustin Hoffecker
Sound DesignMichael Burke
Projection DesignDylan Bean