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Blood Wedding
UVa Drama
An Iberian pastoral play, Lorca's Blood Wedding tells a cautionary tail of traditional morality which takes the characters from worlds mundane to fantastical.
The large, domineering wall cracks in two at the climax of the play to symbolize the social and emotional destruction of the community in which the play takes place.
Wall Crack - Matthew Ishee
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After the wall cracks, the world is profoundly changed. A constant rumbling sound underscores this change.
Rumble - Matthew Ishee
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Screams - Matthew Ishee
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At the play's second climax, the lovers above are pursued offstage by the woman's jilted suitor. The man and suitor clash. It does not end well.
Scene changes are covered by music. Many scene changes move fluidly into a monologue set out of time with the world of the play. The distortion of the music helps lead the audience into said time.
Stretch - Matthew Ishee
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After the confrontation of the suitor and the lover, the village community mourns and finds themselves in a new, frightening world, lit with a sharp fluorescent light. The sound of those lights is as inescapable as the new reality in which the characters find themselves.
Zaps - Matthew Ishee
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Director: Dave Dalton
Scenic Designer: Matthew Kornegay
Costume Designer: Haley Tynes
Lighting Designer: Fabian J. Garcia
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