The Man of La Mancha

A warehouse-inspired found-object environment for Man of La Mancha, letting imagination emerge from raw material, live transformation, and a central ritual playing space.

Lake Dillon Theatre Company2022

Description

I did not want The Man of La Mancha to live in a picturesque Spain. At Lake Dillon Theatre Company, the director and I talked early about the story existing inside a warehouse, a space where actors could assemble the world in front of us.

Brick walls, exposed piping, and a steel stair structure grounded the room in an honest industrial vocabulary. A circular pattern cut into the floor created a playing arena that felt part ritual space and part proving ground.

Credits

Lyrics byJoe Darion

Music byMitch Leigh

Written byDale Wasserman

Directed byChristopher Alleman

ChoreographyRachel Leigh Dolan

Music DirectionLen Rhodes

Scenic DesignBrandon PT Davis

Costume DesignShivanna Sooknanan

Lighting DesignKenrick Fischer

Sound DesignMatthew Eckstein

Industrial textures and modular scenic structure visible.

Centered in the circular ritual floor pattern.

Actors and musicians inhabiting the scenic world.

Full-stage view of the full found-object warehouse environment.