JR+Play+Inspiration

"A Streetcar Named Desire" Inspiration

I used slide 4 (the painting with a small boat and an orange sun) as my inspiration for the play "A Streetcar Named Desire". The main reason for this is that I felt that the theme of the painting matched the plot of the play, with the tiny boat in the middle being Blanche, who - since the loss of her home - has been floating in an ocean looking for what she desires. The sun symbolizes her goal, but it is very small and seemly unreachable, just like she was not able to have a happy marriage with Mitch in the play. The abstractness of the painting inspires me to incorporate this aspect into the production of the play; like the play "Machinal", perhaps this play could be done in a blackbox stage as well, providing much abstractness while focusing more on the emotions and thoughts of the main character. As the sound designer, the gloomy mood of the painting inspires me to incorporate soundtracks that match the gloominess, which would fit well in a tragedy, if I may say, such as "A Streetcar Named Desire". Furthermore, the painting demonstrates a slight hint of chaos, which could describe the rising action and the climax of the play; this would lead to a more varied range of soundtracks that would signify the events of the play as well as doing the overall mood of the play justice.