SCENIC DESIGN for
VERNAL AND SERE THEATRE in ATLANTA, GA at the WINDMILL ARTS CENTER in 2019
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SAWYER ESTES
LIGHTS BY LINDSEY SHARPLESS
COSTUMES BY ERIN O’CONNOR
Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi incited an infamous riot in 1896 at the utterance of its very first word. Some time later that night, a world-renowned poet would describe the outrageous performance as the ultimate arrival of "the savage god." With the arrival of King Ubu upon the Parisian stage, something fundamental had changed forever. The theatre of the absurd had unwittingly been born. Vernal & Sere Theatre's brand new adaptation of UBU aims to be no less exhilarating. By reimagining the titular character of King Ubu as a headmaster walking the halls of a quintessential American schoolyard, we will call into question the fundamental system by which we govern and instruct our citizenry. The piece is part Shakespearean parody, part political satire, part absurdist comedy, and always a "dance of death.
VERNAL AND SERE THEATRE in ATLANTA, GA at the WINDMILL ARTS CENTER in 2019
UBU
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SAWYER ESTES
LIGHTS BY LINDSEY SHARPLESS
COSTUMES BY ERIN O’CONNOR
Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi incited an infamous riot in 1896 at the utterance of its very first word. Some time later that night, a world-renowned poet would describe the outrageous performance as the ultimate arrival of "the savage god." With the arrival of King Ubu upon the Parisian stage, something fundamental had changed forever. The theatre of the absurd had unwittingly been born. Vernal & Sere Theatre's brand new adaptation of UBU aims to be no less exhilarating. By reimagining the titular character of King Ubu as a headmaster walking the halls of a quintessential American schoolyard, we will call into question the fundamental system by which we govern and instruct our citizenry. The piece is part Shakespearean parody, part political satire, part absurdist comedy, and always a "dance of death.
