AFSOON PAJOOFAR

GUEST ARTIST, SCENIC DESIGN, GRADUATE STUDENT AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY

THE GLASS MENAGERIE:

When I started the design process for the “Glass Menagerie”, I came up with very simple ideas which conveyed fragility and illusory; fragile like “Laura” and illusion like Tom’s dream world. I have created an isolated world from the reality, although they have their own individual cells which was an escape path for them. The idea behind the final design is represented by multiple layers. The first layer is a general exterior view of the St. Louis apartment buildings. On the next stage, we are looking into one of these apartments with its walls removed, inviting audience to see what is behind these windows allowing them to discover the story. The interior is consist of a vast red floor, minimal furniture, and a string curtain upstage. In front of the string curtain there is portrait of the father, the man who has trapped this family in this endless crisis. In the very last layer, behind the string curtain, we have a blurry rows of incandescent warm lights and fluorescent cool lights to represent the desired world that the father left his family for and “Tom” who has been dreaming about it.

Theatre

Set Design For

The Glass Menagerie

Productio photos

11”x 17” each

2015

Last Updated: July 24, 2018