Old Set Design Gallery and Note — Art Rotch | Designer

Copy of Of Mice and Men

Copy of Splittin' the Raft

Copy of The Importance of Being Earnest

Copy of The Crucible

Copy of Circle Mirror Transformation

Copy of Six Characters in Search of an Author

Copy of I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given To Me By A Young Lady From Rwanda

Copy of The Women of Lockerbie

Copy of Absence

Copy of Seminar

Copy of The Man from Nebraska

Copy of Noises Off!

Copy of Women and the Sea

Copy of The Faraway Nearby

Copy of the road weeps, the well runs dry

Copy of Sven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England

Copy of God of Carnage

Copy of The Pelican

Copy of A Raisin in the Sun

Copy of Annapurna

Copy of In the Next Room

Copy of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike!

Copy of boom!

Copy of With

Copy of Democracy

Copy of Rush at Everlasting

Copy of They Don't Talk Back

Copy of The Odd Couple

NOTE

When I design sets, I want to shape the space in a way that, as we watch, keeps us aware that we are in a special place, created or shaped for this performance. I like audience to be aware of each other’s presence. If its the best way to tell a story, I like realism, including a great box set of a room, because in the right project, it achieves the theatrical space for performance best. But I seek a theatrical space, and love when a text is married to a fluid space that can serve multiple purposes. I like to move action forward, keep the focus on action and text, and keep the audience connected to each other and the actors.

I’ve tried to organize each gallery of designs on this page, and on the page named ‘collections’ in a way that will give you a sense of range and puts the work I most want you to see first, while saving a few gems for you if you scroll all the way through. I’ve worked for a long time as a resident designer, with a varied portfolio because of that. If you want to look at a specific kind of design, use the collections page or navigate directly to a collection of, for example, multi-set designs. Looking at those groupings should also give you an idea of how I think of these kinds of sets, and there is a bit more writing about design with each group gallery.