LFDESIGN



Lee Frye Design Questions
 * 1) The performers are meant to be unaware of the audience without asides.
 * 2) The performers are meant to be in a separate environment, the audience observing the monkeys perhaps as though scientists observing the monkeys’ behavior.
 * 3) The dramatic action takes place all at once in a flowing fashion. This allows the movement to continue and the mood to build upon itself.
 * 4) The geographical location is unknown aside from that it is in some sort of testing facility.
 * 5) The time of day is unknown.
 * 6) The personalities of the characters, all philosophers, thinkers, and writers, are reflected in the minimalist set as their minds are the location of the action in life and in the portrayals of the characters.
 * 7) The weather is unknown as it is an entirely indoor setting. In terms of lighting, the only changes occur when the testers flick the lights off and on. In my mind, the area is moderately dim and dank.
 * 8) The socio/economic status of the characters is that of a laboratory monkey.
 * 9) The characters sole occupation is to be tested upon, in this case to write as if philosophers from the past.
 * 10) The characters are possibly a year old, as most testing is done at a uniform age.
 * 11) The relationship of the characters with one another is, again, that of monkeys being tested together. Furthermore, the thinkers they are to be emulating had views that intersect and clash in some cases, so the characters emulate that conflict or comparison.
 * 12) All characters share an equal role as the thinkers they are to be emulating. They were all great philosophers and thus should be treated equally.
 * 13) There is but one entrance or exit through which the scientist(s), props, and characters enter and exit.
 * 14) The furniture needs are naught but typewriters and somewhere for the monkeys to sit. Again, the minimalistic nature of the setting reflects the focus of the characters and their respective predecessors on the action or thoughts in the mind, a space without any visual representation.