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.
- Year
- 2022
- Company
- Stephens College
- Project
- Shakespeare
- Location
- Columbia, MO
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.
The result was a flexible comic world built for schemes, reversals, and overheard conversations. The design kept the stage open while giving each scene a crisp visual identity.
Creative team
- By
- William Shakespeare
- Director
- Jamey Grisham
- Scenic Designer
- Brandon PT Davis
- Costume Designer
- Alice Crist
- Lighting Designer
- Lennox Emery
- Sound Designer
- Michael Burke
Links
Million Dollar Quartet
The Merry Wives of Windsor Cove
The Glass Menagerie
Bell, Book, and Candle
Head Over Heels
Romeo & Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
¡LOTERIA: GAME ON!
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Romero
Urinetown
An Inspector Calls
All's Well That Ends Well
Little Shop of Horrors
Tomás and the Library Lady
The Penelopiad
Company
American Idiot
Parliament Square
An Enemy of the People
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Boeing, Boeing
The Bald Soprano
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
The Man of La Mancha
Dial “M” for Murder
All My Sons
Last Train to Nibroc
Rich Girl
