A Free Man of Color
Randall Theatre,
Temple University
2015
Director: Douglas C. Wager
Costumes: Grace Martin,
    Ariel Wang
Lighting: Nick Ligon
Projections: Riki K
 
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The chaotic and constant shifting of place in A Free Man of Color lent itself to a set that could evoke 1801 New Orleans without
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holding us there. The presentational quality of the piece suggested the false proscenium with its in-one curtain, and the wrought ironwork of New Orleans suggested its form. A constant stream of projections added to or
mitigated the chaos, giving us definition or abstraction as necessary.