Tennessee Repertory
Theatre, 1997
Directed by Don Jones
Tennessee Rep operates in the Polk Theatre - a
very large house with a stage
almost 50 feet across and approximately a thousand seats.
The director requested a realistic evocation of the Alabama
neighborhood
of the action of the play and the script demanded a rapid segue
between the three scenes.
The houses stage right and left were mounted on revolves. The SR
revolve had three segments --
neighborhood, jail, and courtroom. The SL one had only two - for
the jail scene it rotated partway
to give a different look to the house
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Maidie Rosengarden
COSTUME DESIGNER: Fred Crane
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Mac Pirkle