set+and+lighting

Set Design and Lighting Concept

In the play //The death of Trotsky// the set will be secluded to the single room within which the play takes place Trotsky's study. The set will thus be small with a desk and chair as the center piece, bookshelves on the walls, no windows, and a door in the back where the other characters enter and exit the stage. There should be books in the bookcases and on the desk along with papers, pens and ink. Walls should be made of plaster painted in neutral colors and the set as a whole should reflect a man of education and the rustic qualities of the mexican villa style home within which Trotsky lived. Lighting should be some what limited with a table lamp focusing the light on Trotsky. Less light will help create the a darker mood appropriate for a man who is dying. The comic aspect of the play therefor should stem more from the actors themselves then from the set.