The upper sketch here is an elevation showing the central platform set up for VAN GOGH / GAUGUIN. I had been lucky enough to aquire a number of aluminum frames with stretched canvas on them from the Dallas Opera and I decided to make use of them in this show. The bottom picture I put together on the computer to show where the various painted panels actually were on the set. The three central panels were painted with a Toulouse Lautrec Circus scene which represented Monmatre the artists city within Paris where the first act of this play takes place. Other panels at both stage right & left were also taken from Lautrec posters and represented audience on lookers. The Chairs on the upper right platforms were Van Gogh's own paintings of the chairs he and Gauguin used during their short time living together. The upper parachute "Circus Tent" idea was unfortunatly abandoned before the production opened.
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