The Merry Wives of Windsor

Shakespeare’s comedy reframed as a campy 1950s sitcom, with bold color, graphic framing, and flown doors giving Merry Wives a faster, more cinematic rhythm.

Stephens College2022

Description

A campy 1950s sitcom lens unlocked The Merry Wives of Windsor at Stephens College. Instead of a historical townscape, the scenic design used bright theatrical framing, heightened perspective, and playful visual shorthand.

A central green wall with a circular portal gave the stage a strong graphic anchor and a memorable entrance point. Each new location was marked by a different brightly colored door that could fly in, turning transitions into part of the joke.

Credits

Written byWilliam Shakespeare

Directed byJamey Grisham

Scenic DesignBrandon PT Davis

Costume DesignAlice Crist

Lighting DesignLennox Emery

Sound DesignMichael Burke

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Shared civic playing space with open comic architecture.

Actors moving through the public playing space.

Doorways, concealment, and comic staging.

Architectural framing and ensemble action.

Full-stage view of the complete scenic world.

Rendering of the comic civic world and open architecture.

Rendering for The Merry Wives of Windsor studying the scenic composition and pathways for farce.