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Scenic Design

Freaky Friday

A fast, flexible scenic system for Freaky Friday, designed to hold body-swap comedy, emotional reversals, and high-energy ensemble motion without losing clarity.

Info

Freaky Friday

Okoboji Summer Theatre

2024

Company:
Okoboji Summer Theatre
Location:
Okoboji, IA
Year:
2024
Type:
Musical Theatre

Description

Freaky Friday required a scenic system that could handle fast identity shifts, tonal changes, and high-energy ensemble movement. The design emphasized modular zones and clear transitions so the audience could read each location instantly.

Contemporary domestic and school-world cues gave the production recognizable anchors, while flexible units supported both intimate family scenes and larger musical moments. The scenic logic had to stay simple even as the story became more chaotic.

Credits

Book by:Bridget Carpenter
Lyrics by:Brian Yorkey
Music by:Tom Kitt
Choreography:Josh Walden
Scenic Design:Brandon PT Davis
Costume Design:Zachary Phelps
Lighting Design:Savannah Bell
Sound Design:Kayla Slinger
Contemporary modular set with fast-changing school and home zones.
Actors framed by the modular scenic system.
Scene emphasizing transitions and stage zones in Freaky Friday.
Scenic flexibility for musical staging.
Freaky Friday production moment using the set’s contemporary domestic and school cues.
Scene highlighting ensemble flow through the Freaky Friday set.
Final scene from Freaky Friday.
Rendering for Freaky Friday testing scenic zones and movement paths.Rendering pass for Freaky Friday showing transformation-based scene logic.Perspective rendering for Freaky Friday exploring modular units and tonal contrast.