1. GROUP 12 COLLABORATION Director Christian Wang Set Designer Patrick Tse Costume Designer Michael Tran Lighting Designer Phat Ton

2. OUTLINE 1. Director Objective talks about the play, its actors, who would be cast as each main actor, and the theme. 2. Set Design shows the setting of the play along with the stage set and stage itself. 3. Costume Design outlines the costume created for each character as described and imagined in the play. 4. Lighting Design creates the play from the lighting and joins the elements of the play into one. 3. Director Objective Christian Wang 4. Playwright/Script Dollhouse by Rebecca Gilman 5. Main Characters Nora is a pretty, selfish, and spoiled on the outside, but holds secrets from her husband that is the basis of their marriage. Someone I imagine to be Nora is Scarlett Johansson. 6. Main Characters Terry is a hard working bank analyst that keeps close tabs on Noras spending habits. After an injury to his knee, instead of doing physical therapy, he took Vicodin, a highly addictive drug. Someone I imagine playing Terry is Bradley Cooper. 7. Main Characters Dr. Pete is extremely blunt and accepts his fate. After his liver transplant, he relies on the pills to suppress his immune system enough for the new liver to function. Someone I imagine playing Dr. Pete is Robert Downey Jr. 8. Main Characters Raj is a scientist who studies stem cells. He is a smart person who is also labeled a criminal and is looking for money to fund his research. Someone I imagine to be Raj is Kal Penn. 9. Main Characters Kristine is a recently unemployed person. After the Enron scandal, she moves to Chicago to search for Terry for help via Nora, her childhood friend. Someone I imagine to be Kristine is Kaley Cuoco. 10. The Spine The central theme around Dollhouse is that someone is in control of another, like a doll. Manipulation is a really strong theme because the main conflict arises out of blackmail. Also, smaller scenes include mental manipulation, many of which include Nora. 11. Style Naturalism is the best way to present the play on stage because of the nature of the theme. The play joins elements of manipulation with mid life situational crisis that slowly recovers then come back to haunt the main characters. 12. Directorial Concept The main purpose of this play is to show the meaning of manipulation and its effect on the human life. Choices made in the past come back for payment. Nora is the central character for manipulative purposes as all of the manipulations are directly related to her. O Noras decision to borrow money from Raj comes back to haunt Terry, who is the banks analyst. O Nora manipulates Dr. Pete for money, resulting in miscommunication followed by Dr. Pete engaging in alcoholism. O Nora manipulates Terry into enabling her spending habits. 13. By Patrick Tse 14. Takes place in the winter of 2004 Chicago, a time when public promiscuity was not dominant. Setting 15. Stage The best stage for Dollhouse is the proscenium stage. It best allows for the audience to understand the play. The audience will view into the Helmers house from the side of the fireplace as if it were a realistic theatre. 16. The play takes place in the Helmers household, where there is a living room connected to a kitchen in the back, a back door, and a front door off-stage. In the living room, there is a couch and chair lying in front of the fireplace. Wedding photos and family photos line the walls of the room. There is also a bookcase filled with books on the wall. On one corner of the room there is A Christmas tree with presents underneath, and in one corner there is a Rubbermaid tub filled with toys to the brim. The kitchen has a granite countertop with cherry cabinets along the walls. It is filled with stainless steel appliances and a viking refrigerator. Stage Setup 17. The ruling metaphor in Dollhouse is a doll.The doll represents the manipulation and deceit used to control the characters Nora, Terry, Raj, Kristen, and Pete. It is also mentioned that the dollhouse represents the life of the Helmers.They are all dolled to be played with. Central Metaphor 18. Michael Tran 19. NORA Nora wears a nice coat since she likes to spend a lot of money and for going outside to buy other miscellaneous materials. A turtle neck for fashion and the for the cold weather. She wears leather pants for style and also to match her coat and shirt. Small studded earrings to show that she has a some fashion even though the weather is very cold. Brown boots for the weather for being comfortable and also for the style. 20. NORA (Flashdance costume) Nora has a sweatshirt off the shoulder just like Jennifer Beal. She also had tight leggings to go with the outfit Nora matched the hair, having to crazy and big just like Jennifer. The make- up was heavily put on to have the effect to stand out that she looks like her character. 21. TERRY (Ronald Reagan costume) Terry dressed up as Ronald Reagan with a tuxedo. Dressed up with a tuxedo shirt, black jacket, pants, shoes and bow tie. Also with a Ronald Reagan mask to finish it off with his costume. 22. TERRY (Casual Costume) Terry walks in the middle of Pete and Noras conversation with a sweatshirt and jeans. Terry wears this clothing while walking casually around the house. 23. IRIS Iris, or the cleaning lady wears a collared shirt cleaning the house on the daily routine. The black pants to match the shirt The cleaning ladys hair is tied back in a bun so it does not get in the way while she is cleaning up. Cleaning materials for Iris to clean whatever she needs. Regular shoes to be mobile while going around the house to do her job. 24. KRISTINE For Kristine, this rough coat was chosen because the setting was in December of 2004 and during that time it was cold in Chicago. Under the coat will be a gray long sleeve shirt to cover up when she takes off her coat. The blue jeans because she does not like to try out new things and she is more conservative when it comes to other clothing. Also with brown boots for the winter to walk through the snow. Her hair would be tied back and so the wind would not blow it around. The scarf is for being out in the winter weather and to try to stay warm as possible. The make- up would give her a little white or pale face because of the weather. 25. PETE (Pee-wee Herman) (Gang of Four) Pete dressed as Pee-wee Herman during the New Years party. A red bowtie, dressed tuxedo shirt, gray suit and pants with white shoes. Pete also had a Gang of Four T-Shirt and regular blue jeans, but was still undecided if he should wear it at the party. 26. RAJ Raj would have a nice expensive coat since he used to be well of with his fortune His hat was to represent that he used to have style and worked his way up to high point in his life. The blue collared shirt, pants, and shoes would show his fortune that he used to have but slowly declined over time. 27. MARTA Marta would have regular jeans, shirt, and flats since she is a babysitter with not as much money. 28. MACEY Macey, the youngest out of her other siblings needs to have a fair amount of clothing when it comes to the winter weather. Macey has a thick jacket with gloves and a beanie. She also has warm boots with long warm pants to keep her warm while outside. 29. MAX Max has a blue jacket with a long sleeve shirt underneath, gloves with small brown boots, and a beanie for some warmth from the winter weather. 30. SKYLER Skyler would be dressed in bundles of clothing with a long sleeve shirt, jeans, a jacket, gloves and boots. The skates was when she went out with Macey and Max to go ice skating with them. 31. Phat Ton 32. The Beginning This type of lighting starts off the show by setting a warm but mysterious tone. The lights help create a mood of a typical modern family, and that the play takes place during the early afternoon. This also helps the audience get a visual of the entire set of the play. A set of ellipsoidal reflect spotlights are used to cover the whole stage area. However, the edges are softened with focus adjustments. The vertical angle of light beams from the side of the house and is typically close to 80 degree. Using white bright lights with 60% intensity. 33. A cross-fade is used when Pete and Terry exits the room, and Nora is being left alone counting the money. A soft-edged spotlight is then used to focused directly down on and circling Nora, while other parts of the stage being completely pitched dark. The light emits a very bright white colored light with the lighting intensity being 80%. The spotlight sets a dark and shady mood for the scene, while also giving off a serious and mysterious tone for the play. This helps the audience understand that Nora was really mindful of the money, and her only focus was the money she was given. 34. Friendship Lights After the doorbell rang, the spotlights followed Nora to the door. As Nora opens the door, the rooms brighten emitting a yellowish light. The same soft-edged spotlights is used, but the light is flooded to cover a larger stage area. The vertical angle of light beams from the center of the house is typically close to 180 degrees. The lighting intensity is about 75% almost brightening the entire stage. The yellow lights is used to show the bond between two old friends giving off a warm and caring mood. The lights helps the audience understand that the two friends are opened with each other, and they have no secrets to hide from each other. 35. The Call As Nora picks up the phone call from Raj, the lights slowly fades out until a single gray light is emitted from a soft- edged spotlight focused directly on top of Nora. The intensity of the light is around 60- 70%, and the vertical angle of the light beams from the back of the house. The grey lighting shows the nervousness of Nora. This light also sets a dark and shady mood for the phone call, while also giving off a mysterious tone. The one spot light also demonstrate Nora is hiding something from the audience and Kristine. 36. Typical Gathering As Pete enters the room, a split cross- fade occurs as the grey light slowly vanish and the yellow lights appear immediately from the ellipsoidal reflector lights. With a very high 90% intensity the room is nearly fully lighted from the sides of the house. The bright lights resets the mood to being a more friendly environment. The lighting eases the tension from the earlier scene, and helps the audience become more relaxed as if they are with their friends. 37. End of the Gathering As everyone is leaving, a set of yellow floodlights or border lights is used near the side of the house. With the intensity of 50% which is neither too bright or too dimmed. This light helps ease the audiences tension and give off a relaxing mood showing that the day is coming to an end and people are leaving happily. 38. His Arrival As Nora is playing with the children and Raj enters the house, the lights from the center of the house emitted from the rows of ellipsoidal reflector spotlights slowly dims and a white spotlight on Raj suddenly shines down on him. The lights intensity is 100%, and this gives off a mysterious tone, and provides tensions to the audience. 39. Worried The white lights circling Nora gave off a serious and anxious tone to the audience, and helps shows the worried emotions of Nora. As Raj exits and Nora stands in shock, a white light follows Raj and slowly fades out, and another white light is emitted from a soft-edged spotlights is shine directly down on Nora. 40. End of Act One As Terry reenters the room, a row of yellow ellipsoidal reflector spotlights resumes to lighting up the entire room at the intensity of 100%. As the night progressed, the lights slowly fades and blackouts ending the entire act. This relieves the tension of the audience once again, and shows the love and affection of the couple. 41. Act Two The act starts with rows of yellow ellipsoidal reflector spotlights from the center of the house. Another set of floodlights, will be use on the back of the house with a mixture of small red and green lights. The yellow lights represents an afternoon in Chicago, while the floodlights give off a warm Christmas mood. 42. The Passion After Pete enters the house, a white light emitted from a soft-edged spotlight is directed down towards Pete and Nora as the rows of ellipsoidal lights cross fade out. The white light brings the focus towards the two characters, and the red light demonstrates that Pete is taking dangerous and passionate actions bringing out a shady tone. As Nora takes off her bra, and Pete becomes more aggressive with her, the white light will fade out, and a bright red light will circle the two characters. 43. Secrecy After Raj enters the house, a set of grey lights is emitted from the soft- edged spotlights focused directly down on Raj. This sets the tone of secrecy between Raj and Nora, and brings out a mysterious mood that grasp the audiences attention and bringing suspension. As Nora is threaten by Raj, the light shined on Nora suddenly blackouts. Describing Noras feeling of being scared and loss. 44. The Passion Pt 2. As Raj exits and Terry enters, the grey spotlight fades out and the yellow ellipsoidal reflector lights resumes to lightening up the stage at 100%. But as soon as Nora starts lap dancing for Terry, a bright red light of passion emitted from the soft-edged spotlights circles around the two characters and the couch. The lights help describe Nora being overly passionate, due to the fact that she is hiding a secret from her husband. The lights brings out a racy, but suspenseful tone to the scene in the play. 45. End of Act Two As Nora tries to distract Terry from the laptop, a bright white light shines on top of Nora and Terry, fades out as the two characters walk out of the room. The lights gave off a feeling of secrecy, yet filled with passion to help engage the audience to build suspension and anticipation as to what's going to happen next. In the final moments, a blackout occurs to mark the end of act two. 46. Act Three A yellow soft-edged spotlights is directed down towards the center of the stage filling almost the whole room, leaving the sides and back of the play dark. The lights intensity is around 40%, thus indicating night time, and the yellow soft-edged spotlight gives a foreshadows as to something is serious is going to happen. 47. The Call 2 During the first moments of the call, the whole set blackouts, but slowly two grey light is shine down directly on Terry and Nora. As the phone call continues, the grey lighting begins to fade and the yellow ellipsoidal reflector spotlight covering the entire stage gradually lightens up. The lighting during this scene demonstrate the tension in the beginning, but the tension began to fade as the yellow spotlights gradually lightens up the mood and relieving the tension of the audience. 48. Nora Leave As Nora packs her things, the yellow ellipsoidal reflector spotlights slowly split cross fades out, and a white soft-edged spotlights began to emit on Nora and Terry from the front of the house is typically 45 degrees. As Nora exits, the spotlight fades, and it shifts focus shining directly down on Terry. The single spotlight focused on the two character rebuilds a new tension. The spotlight also helps bring out Noras emotion of feeling betrayed and sets the mood of gloomy and dark. 49. End of Act Three! As Nora returns to the house, the room was relit with the same spotlight from the front of the house is typically close to 45 degrees. During the last scene of the play, the lights fades out gradually and concludes with a blackout. This symbolizes the conclusion of the play, and marks a new start for the couple.