THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED)
Play by: Adam Long, Daniel Singer,
and Jess Winfield
© Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
Director: Neil Truglio
Set Design: Neil Truglio
Light Design: Kurt Morgan
Costume Design: Chantelle Frazier
Photo Credits: Sean Dolan
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) was staged in November, 2013.
"In a year in which the ensemble was studying Shakespeare, culminating in a performance of Othello, we began with a production of Complete Works (Abridged) as an educational offering to schools. The cast staged five performances a day, entertaining high school students from the community in English classes and school groups studying Shakespeare. The show was modernized with immediate references while keeping true to the script created by Long, Singer and Winfield."
The set was designed as a simple background of walls with windows and doors for actor entrances, while also creating a spinning set piece at the upstage center that could rotate to bring the next cast of characters and props on to stage. The spindle had three positions so the actors and technicians could prep the next three scenes and simply spin them on. The goal was speed and comedy built around mistakes that would occur with a quickly spinning set. The expansion of cast and the speed of changes made this production a wild ride through Shakespeare's plays.