Psych Ward Macbeth: Re-loaded

Psych Ward Macbeth: Re-loaded

As part of my Costume Design Portfolio final, I did some redesigns and alterations (pun intended!!) to my "Psych Ward Macbeth" design from my first semester at Potsdam. 

Links: 

http://titanicplays.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-assignment-minimum-requirements.html

http://titanicplays.blogspot.com/2014/12/macbeth-adaption-set-design.html

http://titanicplays.blogspot.com/2014/12/macbeth-adaption-notes.html

http://titanicplays.blogspot.com/2014/12/macbeth-adaptation-timeline.html

http://titanicplays.blogspot.com/2014/12/concept-artstage-design-psych-ward.html

Aside from the costume changes (and the fact they are MUCH better drawn, I've been practicing) other notes include:

*The setting of the play, is specifically an Psych Ward in Las Vegas Nevada, specifically on Christmas eve. This allows for the Elvis impersonator/king Duncan to be handy, as well as the weird sisters being showgirls, Lady Macbeth a drag queen, as well as the faux Christmas tree/Birnam wood. Handy!!

*The Freudian archtypes have been re-cast. My professor noted that they didn't QUITE match up as originally conceived. So, to fix things I set Macbeth as ego (decision maker), Lady Macbeth as Id (Devil on shoulder) Banquo as superego (conscience) and the weird sisters as his madness. (note, I based this casting on a "Shortcut" I found on TV tropes.)

 http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/IdSuperegoAndEgo

*A friend recommended that the "Shakespeare stuff" happen on an projection screen above the mad doctor's office. This is a amazing idea, as it would allow for a smaller set, and maintain the "this is all in his head" feel of the original set design. As an additional plus, it would require fewer actors, as the actors could have their Shakespeare bits pre-recorded, thus reducing/eliminating the need to cast a full set of twins/body doubles for this show.

*I decided that this production most definetly falls squarely in the "horror" genre. As such, some roles/costumes/set pieces are to be used for strictly comedic effect so that the audince is able to be scared fresh each time the mad doctor murders someone. As an additional means of following the horror genre (and also a way to guarantee minors do not attend this production and get scared witless,) the "weird sisters" now have a very, very skintastic/slutty design that has their nipples exposed. Not only does this work well with the madness/vegas theme, but it works with the "fair is foul, foul is fair" as I also made their costumes intentionally clash and have gods-awful color patters.

Without further ado, here are the new costume designs!!