Brandon PT Davis
Production photograph for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival; scenic design by Brandon PT Davis.
Drapery, heraldic detail, and a world that moves between Roussillon and Florence for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.
The New Swan stage world visible for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.
Drapery, heraldic detail, and a world that moves between Roussillon and Florence for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.
Drapery, heraldic detail, and a world that moves between Roussillon and Florence for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.
Actor pathways visible for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.

All's Well That Ends Well

New Swan Theatre Festival · Shakespeare · 2025

About this project

Curtains became the architecture for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival. Rather than building heavy scenic structures, I treated drapery as the central language of the production: structure, threshold, concealment, and reveal.

In Roussillon, blue drapery and heraldic signage created a clear, ceremonial court. A pedestal for the rings became a visual anchor, allowing the production to return to an object charged with promise, pursuit, and disguise.

When the action shifted to Florence, the curtains opened into warmer stucco, vines, and topiary forms. That transformation changed the emotional temperature of the stage, giving the production a flexible world for romance, deception, and theatrical play without overbuilding the space.

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Credits

By
William Shakespeare
Director
Rob Salas
Scenic Designer
Brandon PT Davis
Costume Designer
Ayrika Johnson
Lighting Designer
Nita Mendoza
Sound Designer
Aerik Harbert
Production photograph for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival; scenic design by Brandon PT Davis.

All's Well That Ends Well

Drapery, heraldic detail, and operatic reveal carried this New Swan production between the ceremonial restraint of Roussillon and the warmer theatrical world of Florence.

Year
2025
Company
New Swan Theatre Festival
Project
Shakespeare
Location
Irvine, CA
Drapery, heraldic detail, and a world that moves between Roussillon and Florence for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.

Curtains became the architecture for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival. Rather than building heavy scenic structures, I treated drapery as the central language of the production: structure, threshold, concealment, and reveal.

In Roussillon, blue drapery and heraldic signage created a clear, ceremonial court. A pedestal for the rings became a visual anchor, allowing the production to return to an object charged with promise, pursuit, and disguise.

When the action shifted to Florence, the curtains opened into warmer stucco, vines, and topiary forms. That transformation changed the emotional temperature of the stage, giving the production a flexible world for romance, deception, and theatrical play without overbuilding the space.

The New Swan stage world visible for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.
Drapery, heraldic detail, and a world that moves between Roussillon and Florence for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.

Creative team

By
William Shakespeare
Director
Rob Salas
Scenic Designer
Brandon PT Davis
Costume Designer
Ayrika Johnson
Lighting Designer
Nita Mendoza
Sound Designer
Aerik Harbert
Drapery, heraldic detail, and a world that moves between Roussillon and Florence for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.
Actor pathways visible for All's Well That Ends Well at New Swan Theatre Festival.
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