How to Take Care of Your Flower
Written by Celeste Black
Venue - Forbes Center for the Performing Arts - Studio Theatre
PRODUCTION TEAM
Cast:
Lily: Lauren Motter
David: Gabriel Laurent
Evan: Colin Cahill
Felicity: Heleigh Hernandez
Betsy: Caitlin Quigley
Mrs. Darling/Lizzy: Kayleigh Parkinson
Mr. E: George Schwind
Diane: Amanda Wallace
Jake/Dad: Charlie Bodenstein
Serenity/Mom: Claire Sauls
Kenzie: Elise Chong
Matty: Aidan Cahill
T.J.: Stephen Dick
Newscaster/Ensemble: Noah Kennedy
Ensemble/Lily U/S: Angelica Holmes
Ensemble/Felicity U/S: Lily Pinchbeck
Ensemble/Lizzy & Mrs. Darling U/S: Hope King
Ensemble/Diane U/S: Annie Rose Greenman
Ensemble/Serenity & Mom U/S: Kelly Dudley
Ensemble/Kenzie U/S: Olivia Dukes
Crew:
Director: Rylan Farey
Playwright/Dramaturg: Celeste Black
Stage Manager: Flynn McCabe
Assistant Stage Managers: Savannah Gravitt, Penelope Venhaus
Scenic Designer: Annabelle Bozarth
Props Designers: Salem Clouse, Erin Wilson
Lighting Designer: Joey Besant
Technical Director/Scenic Consultant: Myer Kim
Sound Designer: Julia Finkler
Costume Designer: Joshua Gibson
Assistant Dramaturg: Ben Mills
Publicist: Elizabeth Taddeo
Assistant Publicist: Charlotte Kipps
Production Photography: Ryan Michalowitcz
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From Idea to Vision
How to Take Care of Your Flower is an original work that from early design meetings, knew wanted lighting to have a strong presence throughout the show.
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After my initial readthrough of the script, I knew that my vision for this show revolved around shadows, warmth, and coolness, reflecting the feeling of connection or disconnection of the main character.
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For this show I had a limited crew of about 6 hands for hand and a rolling crew of 1-3 hands, including myself during a 6 hour focus call
Plot
Not only was this the first plot I drafted after being trained in Vectorworks drafting, but this is also the first show where I started working within Augment3d on EOS. Because of this, Not only did I draft lighting but I also built the venue from the ground up in the 3D environment
