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A Little Night Music
Director: Ethan Heard
Scenic: Paul Molina
Costume: Evan Riley
Lighting: Jessica Winward
Sound: Peter Burns
Photos by Carey Sheffield
A Sondheim classic, this version of A Little Night Music was set in the early 1900s and featured an 18-piece orchestra (pictured below) with 17 RFs for actors. The musical also featured a pre-show ambiance of an abandoned theatre with leaking pipes, mouse squeaks, and critters running through walls.
Peter's sound design embraced a warm acoustical sound, with minimal orchestral amplification. The two moments Peter broke this, were during the overture and the entr'acte. Here, Peter slowly added the orchestra into a surround system to encapsulate the audience. Then slowly brought the image of the orchestra back to the proscenium to draw attention back to the stage before the scene began.
Sound Samples
The show began with Fredricka wandering through an abandoned theatre (with the soundscape in the background), with this door slam occurring upstage that signaled the beginning of the show.
On Desireé's entrance of her show that Fredrick and Anne are watching at the theatre.
Henrick's glass breaks during the dinner scene at the Armfelt residence.
The gunshot is heard when the Count and Fredrick play Russian Roulette. The gunshot is of a 1911 pistol.