Directed by Matt Wills: Director and Janet Howe
Costume Designer: Virginia Swift Varland
Sound Designer: Sarah D. Espinoza
Composer: Joshua Wentz
Props Designer: Shannon Melick
Costume Designer: Virginia Swift Varland
Sound Designer: Sarah D. Espinoza
Composer: Joshua Wentz
Props Designer: Shannon Melick
About Farewell My Friend
“Farewell My Friend: The Tragic Romance of Star-Crossed Lovers” plunges audiences into an immersive world of fated love. As you travel through multiple rooms, your exploration of the paralleled tragedies Romeo & Juliet and Tristan & Iseult begins to unfold. Discover secret plots, become exposed to raw, inner truths, and share an intimate connection with the characters. Using an equal blend of Shakespeare's text and devised movement, Farewell My Friend activates an expansive new perspective on well-known stories that resonate through time and transcend language.
The Sound Design
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Changing Environments
In Farewell My Friend the characters help move you through the multiple spaces. Sometimes the audience would choose to follow a different path than the one they were lead through. Sometimes they may encounter the same space, but as the mood or themes of the scenes being played change so would the sound design. The following two sound files show two contrasting environments created with in the same space. |
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Tristan and Isolde
Tristan and Isolde have a separate story line than the main story of Romeo and Juliet. Both paths mirror and counter what is happening to the other. However, Tristan and Isolde are silent. Their story is mostly told through movement sequences. The sound design worked with the composition to communicate non-verbally what the characters in the Tristan and Isolde story line were feeling and experiencing. |
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Juliet Hallucinates
After drinking the potion Juliet begins to hallucinate. She no longer is speaking her self but her speech can be heard through various speakers hidden throughout the room. She also starts to meld into the Tristan and Isolde non verbal world as she is haunted by the death of her cousin. |
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The Whisper Room
The whisper room is a room some audience members end up in if they choose to follow Romeo. It is a room where sonnets can be heard from varying directions. He ends up here after Juliet's death. It is the same place he meets the Apothecary. This room is both mirroring his anger and sadness but the sound design is there to focus on the love and beauty shared between him and his lost love. |