What to Send up When it Goes Down

PRODUCTION HALTED DUE TO COVID-19

About My Design:

What to Send Up When It Goes Down puts our society on trial. A trial that questions what we value and how we treat those around us, specifically, people of color. This show highlights the absurdity of anti-blackness in our society.

Through my design, I highlight the use of “empty” space to keep black people oppressed and isolated. I create a metaphor in using the total blackness of the silhouettes against the brightness of the background to expose the way we judge and isolate blackness in our society against a white background.

"As lines between characters and actors--as well as observers and observed--blur, a dizzying series of vignettes builds to a climactic moment in which performance and reality collide, highlighting the absurdity of anti-Blackness in our society. Through facilitation and dialogue we must decide how to cope, resist, and move forward."

Production Credits:

• Director: Elizabeth Van-Dyke

• Scenic Designer: Ryan Dziedziech (ryandziedziechdesign.com)

• Sound Designer: Victoria Corbalis

• Technical Director: Kyle McMahon

• Production Stage Manager: Sarah Joseph

• Venue: C.M.F.T. Performance Theater, Purchase. NY

• Year: 2020

• Photo Credits:

  • Tyler Thompson