Eurydice

by Sarah Ruhl

University of Central Oklahoma, 2018

Director: Kato Buss, Ph.D.

Lighting Design: Carson Decker

Costume Design: Elisa Bierschenk MFA

Projection Design: Sam Aldridge

Photos Courtesy of KT King and Devin Scheef

Sarah Ruhl revisits the Ancient Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice as a surreal journey to the Underworld, where Eurydice rediscovers her loving relationship with her father.  When her partner Orpheus comes to the Underworld to rescue her, she must make an impossible choice between one love and another.

Ruhl's poetic text evokes dreamlike structures and sounds--raining elevators, rivers of forgetting, and houses made of string.  The surreal set deconstructs a face at rest against a curtain of string.  The resulting scalable structure differentiates the over- and underworld, provides gateways for the journeys in between, and provides recluse for the Three Stones, whose costumes meld into the set.

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival - Region 6

Commendation for Distinguished Achievement in Scenic Design

Broadway World Oklahoma Nominee - Set Design of the Decade