Collaborative Production

While a show continues to develop and mature, due time and consideration must be given in order to properly be able to produce the show. Thus, according to Cornerstone, one must look toward the five Fs: Forum, Facsimiles, Fold, Found, and Fabrication. The Forum of this show shall take place in the Thrust theatre, and since it already bears a strong resemblance to a sporting arena, we should develop that to its fullest. I do not think that we should limit the space to just one sport, as we will be using it for a variety of sporting events, and designating the floor to be any particular field would inhibit another realm, or force us to switch out floors, which would take a lot of time. In my opinion, the dialogue would allow the audience to clearly distinguish between sporting events while still allowing us the full freedom of a blank area. I would also leave the stage black: The universal theatrical symbol of open space. Facsimiles can easily be accomplished with the aid of chalkboard paint and chalk. Chalkboard paint can be found for $24.97 for two quarts at Home Depot. As for chalk, it seems to be pretty cheap, although, it could get expensive if we decide to erase the stage every night. For safety, let us go with one box of color chalk and one box of white chalk. The folk aspect of this production could be supplied through costumes and dialogue. Since this is a university sett, portrayal of University of Louisville coaches might be frowned upon, so using University of Louisville apparel should suffice quite nicely. The Found objects could quite possibly come from the University of Louisville sports department. They must have a whole host of balls and equipment that is not being used at the moment. We could also ask the general public to donate pieces of sporting equipment for use in the show. All of this will greatly reduce the amount of equipment that we would otherwise need to purchase. The Fabrication aspect of the show comes from not only the community drawing the land marks upon the chalkboard paint, but also it is a part of the show which they helped to create. Along with the created objects comes the Big Sweetey’s Super Fired Sugar Burgers with extra Lard Balls™. I think actually having a table with some of the burgers would help to not only entice audience members to see the show, but also allow the fourth wall to be broken just the much more. All in all, I think that this production could be done with relatively little money used. With that said, we should retain as much as possible in the event that unforeseen expenses should arise.