Clybourne Park Play Analysis

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Clybourne Park, a Broward College Visual and Performing Arts production, was presented on the 25th March, at Fine Arts Theater, Broward College. It was a small, intimate theater with a proscenium stage and extended apron. I got a seat on the up house right, it was the farthest from the stage but still aesthetic distance was not very long. I had a good view of the whole stage and there was no sightline difficulty. Clybourne Park, written by Bruce Norris and directed by Mariah Reed, is set in the living room of a house on Clybourne Street, Central Chicago. The same house in which the Young’s family was going to move into at the end of Raisin in the Sun. This play consists of two acts. Act 1 takes in September, 1959 at 3pm, Saturday afternoon, …show more content…
Realistic costumes, makeup, scenery and lightning made us, the audience, relate to the problems of the characters, we felt closer, more involved. She also used subtle symbolism to connect the past and the present, one example of this would be the buried trunk, it showed us how the problems of the past were still present. At the end of the play, as Dan is reading the letter from Kenneth, there was a flash back with Kenneth sitting on the desk writing that very letter; and Bev on the staircase talking to him, the lighting is changed and it made the whole scene a little eerie. This flash back makes the style of the play Heightened …show more content…
Gobos were used. Lighting seemed to be coming from lamps and the window, therefore it gave a natural look to the set. In the second act, since the window was boarded up, the source of the light was electrical only.
Costumes, make-up, and other accessories completely complemented the time period of each act. In the first act, the lines of the costumes for ladies, were flowing and did not highlight any of the body features; cool colors were used, and fabric was cotton. Jim’s attire was black suit and slacks which clearly showed his status as a church minister. Karl’s costume was a shirt, vest, slacks and a bow tie and the color was varying degrees of brown. It really represented his character: stereotypical and conservative. In the second act, the lines of the costumes were mostly sharp; mixed colors were
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