Who Is The Scenic Designer Of Cassandra Lentz Execution Of Justice

The scenic designer of Execution of Justice is Cassandra Lentz. The scenic design was a large wooden box with smaller boxes inside of it and three different levels. In each box, there were one to three people sitting on chairs. The boxes differentiated the characters in the scene by separating them from one another. This design helped enhance the world of the play because it allowed many characters to be on stage in an organized manner. When characters would speak outside of the boxes, it was hard to listen to them or understand them because there was a lot of movement surrounding the characters. By separating the characters from one another in these boxes, the audience was able to pay attention each character speaking without one character overshadowing others, or distracting movements such as entrances and exits.
At the beginning of the play, the attorneys were choosing jurors for the trial. The use of the set made it look like a jury box, making the play more realistic. The boxes also helped to make it look like each character was
In 1978, the time of the trial, the gay and “abnormal” communities were shunned and often persecuted for their beliefs and ideals by others in the community. The idea of everyone needing to believe the same thing was very common by certain groups and therefore were unaccepting of people different than them. This idea of straying from the “norm” was viewed as a problem and often lead to people to want to implement a “solution,” meaning killing and acting violently towards such people. The same thing went on in Execution of Justice, whereas Dan White did not murder George Moscone and Harvey Milk because he was anti-gay, he did act violently when he felt overwhelmed by people who shared different views than