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For Philadelphia, a play in which everything seems normal until the main characters starte receiving things that are the opposite of what they asked for, I think there should be a concept of abstractism that ties into the set. Since the setting of Philadelphia comes off as some sort of parallel, bizarro universe, I think the set and costumes should reflect that. This would be very feasible because the play only has one setting, the diner. Everything in the set should be twisted in some form, whether it's by having certain props upside down or having the characters dress in clothes that are slightly abnormal in some fashion. To the unknowing audience, the set should appear to be normal, but as the play advances, the audience should see that there are many significant details that have been changed. The lighting should change to reflect what is going on in the play at any particular moment, so it should be normal lighting at first but then slowly get more saturated, maybe with a tint of colored lighting, up until the point where Al leaves the stage. I think it would be difficult to transfer this concept to advertisements for the play, but that's fine because the audience shouldn't really know about this parallel universe idea until they are actually watching the play.