Theatre Set Design: Journey's End

Theatre: Journey's End

Seanachai Theatre
Director: David Cromer
Set Design: Elizabeth E. Schuch

WINNER
Chicago Joseph Jefferson award for Best Set Design, 2003





Trapped in a claustrophobic underground bunker, the whole production team aimed to make the experience feel as real as possible, bringing the audience into the WWI bunker to witness the tension intimately.

Real dirt, twig-woven trench walls and found felled trees dragged into the theatre gave the set realistic texture and earthy smell. I wanted realism, but also psychological weight to the space.

Theatre Set Design: Polaroid Stories

Theatre: 'Polaroid Stories'

Merle Reskin Theatre
Director: Lisa Portes
Set Design: Elizabeth E. Schuch

Greek myths crash with inner city youths, in the environment of an abandoned theatre. Set and prop design, scenic painting.

Scenic Rendering: Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler, Set Design, Gouache. Elizabeth E. Schuch 2000

Scenic Design for Hedda Gabler.  Concept Rendering.  Using a muted palette and a round room to increase the sense of being trapped and depressed, as an echo of Hedda's current view of her life.

Theatre Set Design: Mother Courage Scenic Rendering

Mother Courage Scenic Rendering. Acrylic on Matte board

Inspired by the wonderful renderings of Franco Zeffirelli, I created this version of Mother Courage.

The set, comprised of the debris of the never-ending war, has a flexible turntable for the procession of time and events.

Mother Courage

Scenic Rendering