Theatre · 2017

Re:Union

My roleProjection Design

By Sean Devine, directed by Jecamiah Ybañez, at the Yale Cabaret. The production was proposed by Wladimiro A. Woyno R.

Yale Cabaret’s production of Re:Union is an edited version of the original play, with permission by the author.

  • October 5–7, 2017
  • Yale Cabaret
  • New Haven, CT
Projected fire and blue lightning across the tiled set walls, seen past the cabaret tables

Images

A projected landscape with a vehicle at the centre, blue lightning on the panels around it, cabaret tables in front
A glowing haze projected on the centre wall, blue lightning on the broken panels either side
The title RE:UNION projected in broken letters across the set of tiled panels
An actor slumped on a chair on the white raised stage, below a large projected photograph
Two actors in a pool of light on the dark stage, a camera on a tripod at the left

Credits

  • PlaywrightSean Devine
  • Sound Designer/ComposerFrederick Kennedy
  • DirectorJecamiah Ybañez
  • Scenic DesignerGerardo Diaz Sanchez
  • Costume DesignerCole McCarty
  • Lighting DesignerErin Earle Fleming
  • Projection DesignerWladimiro A. Woyno R.
  • Associate Projection DesignerBrittany Bland
  • DramaturgsPatrick Young & Alex Vermillion
  • CastLouisa Jacobson, Charles O’Malley, Jared Andrew Michaud
  • ProducersKathy Li & Laurie OM
  • Stage ManagersCate Worthington & Madeline Charne
  • Technical DirectorLT Gourzong

Process

Fitting white panels among the orange tiles of the set wall, under a projected alignment grid
The Re:Union poster in a street display case: by Sean Devine, Yale Cabaret, Oct 5th–7th
Aligning the projection: a test pattern marked PROJECTOR 1 across the set, a laptop in front
A camera on a tripod in front of the walls, carrying abstract projected colour
Tech in the cabaret: a ladder under the lighting grid, a test pattern on the set, a laptop in front
Two people at work on the stage, an actor slumped on a chair below the projected photograph
Live video: a performer's face in green on the wall and on the monitors at the video table
A figure in silhouette photographing the walls of projected colour