2nd September 2007

 
2ND SEPT 2007 - 1st Draft – SET IN 'SKY LOUNGE' (ALL CONTENT SUBJ.TO CHANGE)

Working Title: Audition Notice
by Katie Horwich & Kristina O’Donnell

THE SET

The top floor of a turn of the century boarding house in Greensboro, North Carolina.  It is late summer, the mosquitos have laid off their prey and the mornings are cooler.  The action takes place at about eight on a Friday evening.  The sun is streaming through the windows to the right hand side of the stage, bathing the centre in a warm orange light.  There is an odd sense of elation and fatigue.

The set has been roughly constructed – a concertina of full length mirrors are propped up against the back wall, and much of the other props are oddments from past performances. 

The boarding house is next door to an old thrift store which has been converted to an artist’s space and museum.  Remnants of past works remain onset – it has been artistically painted, the design is laboured – the walls are painted like a endless blue sky, complete with painted clouds and draped white fabric.  It is, however, dilapidated. 

A sculpture park on the back left hand side is decaying, and incongruous to the setting.  Other props can be seen dotted throughout the room – a set of seats from a light aircraft have been organized, once, into rows, but now these rows have become slightly out of order given the appearance of the aftermath of a clumsy landing where no one was hurt.

An attractive ‘coffin’ table is in the middle of the room, but may be moved across the set during the performance.

Slightly in front of the mirrors is a sign with movable vinyl lettering in a small pot next to it.  It is slightly out of place in its setting, far from its normal habitat of a lower end hotel or conference centre lobby.

On the left hand side of the mirrors, on the back wall, is a frieze/poster of an AUDITION NOTICE.