Silent Sky

  • 2021-Collegiate School Richmond

  • Scenic Designer

  • Technical Director

  • Scenic Artist

  • Videographer/ Video Director

  • Props/Furniture

 

Silent Sky is the story of Henrietta Leavitt who pioneered mapping the universe at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s.

 

Our second covid play, we streamed a three camera broadcast.

Photo- Taylor Dabney

 

The plexiglass panels were a visual rhyme with the smaller star plates integral to the play and as they revolved freely about the uprights, they provided both architecture and barrier.

Photo- Taylor Dabney

 

 Photo- Taylor Dabney

 

 Originally conceived as a projection, the final image was accomplished with a green cyc acting as a greenscreen.

Photo- Taylor Dabney

 

 To the stream viewers, the stage is enveloped in an image of the universe.

Photo- Taylor Dabney

Because of covid, the stage was used for classes by day, so the set had to be designed to rep with a classroom!