Unmasking Theatre Design: A Designer's Guide to Finding Inspiration and Cultivating Creativity

CHAPTER 2

The Designer’s Goal

 

 

 

As designers in the theatre, our overriding goal is to create the environment for the dramatic action of the play. We should be doing our best to work with the director’s interpretation of the play, to create the most impactful design possible.

Figure 2.1 Design goals.

OUR MISSION AS DESIGNERS

Part of theatre’s power comes from its ephemeral, transitory nature. Each production, in order to have maximum effect, must be re-imagined for its era, region and specific audience. There is no right way to produce or design any play. Indeed, each new production of a given script is a set of problems waiting to be ...