As You Like It

PlayMakers Repertory Company

Director: Joe Haj

The key that got me into this show was an article in Live Design talking about the sound design for "When the Rain Stops Falling" at the Lincoln Center.  I was inspired by Patton's idea of creating a "rain roof" above the audience.  I ran with this idea and used it to further Joe's vision of a very cold and ordered world at court vs the open and warmer version of the forest as the play progresses.  Using a series of 10 loudspeakers placed above and around the audience I created our "cannopy" as we called it.  This made it possible to bring wind and leaves and birds around the audience, expanding the sound scapes as the emotional intensity of the play increased and contracting for the more intimate moments.  Unfortuneatly this is one of those instances where a sound file of wind wouldn't really convey what we accomplished, as it was a very space specifc endevor, hence no sound file for your enjoyment.