Description of set + stage models

Adaptation from New York Day Women

• Characters:

Daughter: (Sarah) from 15 to 25 years old

Mother: (Yichen) from 40 to 55 years old

• Scene:

           Pre-scene:

-  Description of stage setting: all the props (the chair and the mirror) would be placed at the center stage

              -  Setting: Daughter is braiding her mother’s hair, and the mother is weaving the scarf; while they are chatting about the past things ~> flashback

              -  Costume:

                  Daughter: Haitian traditional dress; Mother: Haitian traditional dress, glasses

              -  Prop: weaving tools & scarf, mirror, comb, chairs

              -  Light: very soft spotlight at the center of the stage

              -  Stage music: some kind of soft music to show the daughter lose into memories

              -  Stage Movement

Mother:

(Sitting on the chair, facing to the mirror, weaving the scarf)
Daughter: 

(Sitting behind the mother, braiding the hair for the mother)

Mother: 

(Voice goes lower)

(Lights gradually goes dark, the pre-scene ends)

Scene 1:

              -  Costume:

Daughter: academic dress (shirt); Mother: working dress (shirt)
              -  Prop:
>4 triangles with a gap in the middle(with grey background pretend to be the street)
>Some street lights
>A  table with some school supplies
>A chair
>A KT board on the wall (to pretend in the classroom)
              - Light:
>Firstly, focus on the classroom part. Focus on the daughter.
>Next, move to the central of the stage, black the classroom part. Focus on the mother
>Then, light the whole stage.
              - Stage music:
>Some kind of noisy music to pretend in the classroom, such as a school bell.
>some kind of noisy music to show the street, such as a car whistle.

           Scene 2:

              - Costume:
>Daughter: academic dress (shirt)
>Mother: working dress (shirt)
              - Prop:
>4 triangles with a gap in the middle(with green background pretend to be the apartment)
>A coach in the middle
>A trash bin beside the coach
              - Light:
>Light the whole stage.
              - Stage music:
>None.

           Ending Scene:
              - Setting: ~> back to reality Daughter is braiding her mother’s hair,
              - Costume: 

>Daughter: Haitian traditional dress; 

>Mother: Haitian traditional dress, glasses
              - Prop: weaving tools & scarf, mirror, comb, chairs
              - Light: very soft spotlight at the center of the stage
              - Stage music: some kind of soft music to show back to the present