Not Now, Darling
A British boutique interior sharpened with Wes Anderson-inspired color and farce-ready door logic, giving Not Now, Darling a polished comic world built for speed, confusion, and precision.
- Year
- 2018
- Company
- Okoboji Summer Theatre
- Project
- Comedy
- Location
- Okoboji, IA
A polished British boutique became the comic engine for Not Now, Darling at Okoboji Summer Theatre. The room needed to look elegant enough for the play's upper-crust veneer while functioning with the precision required for hiding, reversals, and speed.
The palette leaned into controlled, Wes Anderson-inspired color relationships. That polish sharpened the heightened comedy while keeping the retail setting specific and visually legible.
Doors and thresholds were the real engine of the design. The boutique looked refined on the surface, but underneath it behaved like a comic machine, built for entrances, near-misses, and escalating confusion.
Creative team
- Written By
- Ray Cooney and John Chapman
- Director
- Fred Rubeck
- Scenic Designer
- Brandon PT Davis
- Costume Designer
- Ashley Harrison
- Lighting Designer
- Savannah Bell
- Sound Designer
- Michael Burke
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