"Everybody" by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

Director: J.L Reed -- Scenic Design: Lindsey Taylor -- Costume Design: Nathanael Tria -- Lighting Design: Terri Becker -- Sound Design: Jordan Harris // The Cellar Theater, UGA, Athens, Georgia

Designer note:
Everybody is a show out of time; modern humor in the style of medieval morality plays with meta elements. The audience must really suspend disbelief and go with the manic existentialism of the story. I wanted to focus on this sense of timeless unreality in my set design. The platform structure is meant to mimic tiered audience seating, since the story is about the people in the audience. The walls have dark rippling texture meant to shift in the shadows of the lighting. It is a space that is meant to have always been there, altering with the story’s progress. The design aims to be a balance between simplicity of shape and surrealism of visuals.