MAD FOREST — AFSOON PAJOUFAR DESIGN

MAD FOREST: LIVE WEBCAST

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By Caryl Churchill

Director: Ashley Tata

Movement: Dan Safer

Light: Abigail Hoke-Brady

Costume: Ásta Bennie Hostetter

Composition & Sound: Paul Pinto

Video: Eamonn Farrell

Fisher Centert at Bard and Theatre For A New Audience, 2020

PRESS:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/theater/mad-forest-livestream.html

Designer Afsoon Pajoufar scrapped the original design for the stage and created around 125 individually designed virtual backgrounds…

PRODUCTION TEAM AND ACTORS HAD BEEN REHEARSING FOR THREE WEEKS AT THE TIME OF COVID-19 CANCELLATIONS. IN THE TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ISOLATION, THE TEAM DECIDED TO MOVE THE PRODUCTION ONLINE AND RECONCEIVE THE PIECE AS A LIVE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE. ORIGINAL DESIGN FOR STAGE WAS REIMAGINED FOR THE NEW FORMAT. VIRTUAL DESIGN CREATED THE ILLUSION THAT ALL ACTORS ARE INHABITING THE SAME SPACE IN ORDER TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE A SENSE OF CONTINUITY. THE RESULT WAS 150 INDIVIDUAL RENDERINGS FOR “ZOOM” VIRTUAL BACKGROUND.

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ORIGINAL STAGE MODEL AND RENDERINGS FOR LUMA THEATRE AT FISHER CENTER, BARD.