Macbeth

UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL 2019

MY ROLE: SCENIC ARTIST

Playwright: William Shakespeare 

Director: Melissa Rain Anderson

Scenic Designer: Apollo Mark Weaver

Lighting Designer: Michael Pasquini

Costume Designer: David Kay Mickelsen

Paint Charge: Rachel Meierotto

It's not every day one gets to paint a portal to hell: our fiber glass, ruin covered automated dais was an exciting opportunity. We carved it out of pink foam along with two smaller plinths, covered in fiberglass and aqua resin, and did a wet blending/sponging paint treatment to it. The center part was able to go up and down throughout the show, and the fiberglass/aqua resin combination would hopefully help it stay in good shape throughout the 2 month run in an outdoor theater. The set also had really thick textured wood, which we created from texture and large combs. We also covered metal branches in a mixture of burlap and scrim and coated it with jaxsan and flexbond. 

Photo by Karl Hugh. Copyright Utah Shakespeare Festival 2019 and Kayla Williams