Company By Kyl Mansfield Character Analysis
Company, a musical about marriage, relationships, and leaving the partying no obligation singles lifestyle. It was performed at the Wilner Audition on the WSU campus. I saw the 2 pm Sunday showing and I was impressed by the quality of singing and the professionalism of the overall production. The stage set was a partial realism set with strong consistent color choices in the set and costumes. This paper will look at the details used in the set and costume design and how the color choices by the designers connect the couples and emphasize the uncomfortable inner emotional state the main character feels.
The musical centers around a photographer Bobby. A mid-thirties popular and likable single man, who’s friends are all either married or is …show more content…
None of the couples are perfectly happy, but they get something out of them that is missing from Bobby’s life. A tangent from this theme is what Bobby’s friends get out of their relationship with him. His married friends enjoy the fun and excitement a single guy can bring, and like that he adds some excitement when he comes over. This is not enough for Bobby and he realizes over time that he needs a more stable companionship than what his love interests and married friends can …show more content…
The lower level was connected to an upper balcony section by two staircases at the left and right edges of the stage. Above the balcony hung 5 projector screens arranged close together in a non aligned ‘x’ shaped pattern. These screens sometimes were used to display photographs taken by Bobby, showing the people he was thinking about on stage. Other times the screens contained solid colors representing windows when blue or green background lights for a night club. The backdrop behind the whole set was a beige brick wall often lit with a blue or purple light. The actors exchanged out a few key props between scenes to represent the new location. In partial realistic style, a single bed, couch, table or bench was the only stage props used to represent an individual scene. This was effective in conveying most locations, although the bench was used in multiple locations, from a busy subway for the “Another Hundred People” to a quiet park for the scene with Kathy. This overuse caused some confusion as to where the scenes with benches were taking
The musical centers around a photographer Bobby. A mid-thirties popular and likable single man, who’s friends are all either married or is …show more content…
None of the couples are perfectly happy, but they get something out of them that is missing from Bobby’s life. A tangent from this theme is what Bobby’s friends get out of their relationship with him. His married friends enjoy the fun and excitement a single guy can bring, and like that he adds some excitement when he comes over. This is not enough for Bobby and he realizes over time that he needs a more stable companionship than what his love interests and married friends can …show more content…
The lower level was connected to an upper balcony section by two staircases at the left and right edges of the stage. Above the balcony hung 5 projector screens arranged close together in a non aligned ‘x’ shaped pattern. These screens sometimes were used to display photographs taken by Bobby, showing the people he was thinking about on stage. Other times the screens contained solid colors representing windows when blue or green background lights for a night club. The backdrop behind the whole set was a beige brick wall often lit with a blue or purple light. The actors exchanged out a few key props between scenes to represent the new location. In partial realistic style, a single bed, couch, table or bench was the only stage props used to represent an individual scene. This was effective in conveying most locations, although the bench was used in multiple locations, from a busy subway for the “Another Hundred People” to a quiet park for the scene with Kathy. This overuse caused some confusion as to where the scenes with benches were taking