William Temple Davis

Scenic Design

The Dark of the Moon
by Howard Richardson and William Berney
Directed by C. Thomas Holloway
Lighting Design by Benjamin Emerson

Department of Theatre
Virginia Commonwealth University
October 1974

The Dark of the Moon was produced on the Virginia Commonwealth University's Shafer Street Playhouse, an old high-school gymnasium. The proscenium opening was 20' wide and 10' high. There is no grid and less than 6' of wing space on each side.

The set was divided into two parts along the plaster line. Upstage was a permanent set, the mountain. Downstage was a fore stage on which all the village scenes were played. A set of wooden walls slid into a variety of positions on the plaster line.

Dark of The Moon Rendering
Set Rendering - The Allen Cabin