"A Streetcar Named Desire"
PLOT
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“A Streetcar Named Desire” follows former school-teacher Blanche DuBois as she leaves small-town Mississippi and moves in with her sister Stella Kowalski and, her husband, Stanley in New Orleans. The action takes place in the Kowalski’s small rundown two-bedroom apartment and just outside of it.
CONCEPT STATEMENT
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Tattered and worn shutters construct the unsettling ceiling. Depleted of their beauty and strength, they are no longer useful for their original intention. Rather, they create an unstable ceiling that parallels Blanche’s fragile state. The unevenly faded blue exposes the inconsistencies of her stories. Blanche’s jumbled thoughts and reoccurring nerves correspond with the sporadic layout. And finally, the state of the shutters express how Blanche views of herself:
old, broken, and useless. The shutters’ sparse light produces spotlights and a sense of unease.
The slightly uneven frame gives the audience a feeling that something is not quite right with this apartment and by extension the residents who call it home. The house is unbalanced, as is the relationship of those who reside in it. Like the set, Stella and Stanley’s unhealthy and abusive relationship grows more constricting as the story advances.
Sketches of Uneven Frame
The scrim wrapped walls of the upstairs are projected from behind. Upstairs action, takes place between the projector and the scrim. Vivid shadows appear to all angles. The audience glimpses into the neighbors’ home as they are arguing, consequently revealing the abuse that haunts not only the apartment, but the building as well.
Kitchen Elevation
Inspiration
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