First Night, or whatever
By Terry Dodd
Directed by Chip Walton
Costumes Designed by Tricia Stevens
Lighting Designed by Shannon McKinney
Sound Designed by Matthew E. Morgan

Department of Theatre
University of Denver
March 2003

First Night, or whatever was the first show produced in the University of Denver Theatre Department's Elizabeth Eriksen Byron Theatre. The actor/audience configuration chosen for this production was thrust.


The First Night, or whatever set consisted of a make-up room and upstage of it a call board, stairs to the stage and a door to a "star" dressing room. For this show the thrust configuration shown here was reversed so that the audience was looking at the control booth, exit signs, and a fake pin rail. Most of the show takes place in the dressing room on opening night of a production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Finally, the last 30 seconds of the show takes place in the theatre with the beginning line from Act I, Scene 2.

 

The pre-show prologue


The costume designer berates an actor for smoking in the make-up room


The director gives an opening night pep talk


The director gives some acting advice


30 minutes till "places"


Last minute costume alterations


Viola gets in character

Viola on the beach