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AN OCTOROON
2017
RUTGERS THEATRE COMPANY
A proscenium take on Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's play
Scenic Design
TERESA BURNS
Director
DAVID ESBJORNSON
Playwright
BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS
Costume Design
SHANE BALLARD
Lighting Design
ZACHARY M. BRIENZA
Photos
MATT PILSNER
BEHIND THE SCENES
While the play (a Brechtian adaptation of Dion Boucicault's 1859 "The Octoroon") typically calls for a black-box theatrical setting, this production was set in the proscenium-endowed Victoria J. Mastrobuono theater. Utilizing the theater's entire space, melodramatic design history was incorporated in the final production.
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