"What You Are Now"
-written by Sam Chanse
Director: Steve Cosson
Set. Riw Rakkulchon
Lights: Janette Yew
Clothes: An-li Daubner
Sound: Leah Gelpe
Produced: The Civilians, Ensemble Studio Theatre
New York Times - “the smartly minimal production unfolds against a cool-gray monochrome interior, like a slate wiped clean. Frames that might display family portraits hang empty, and what could be a wall clock has no markings of time (the set design is by Riw Rakkulchon)”
Theatre Mania - “…Riw Rakkulchon's all-white set, in which photos have been painted over and the hands on the clock have been removed, works on multiple levels: It tells the story of a totalitarian regime attempting to create "year zero" by obliterating all memory of the past, but also a mother who purposefully obscures a family's history to protect her children. It could also represent Pia's utopian dream of removing painful memories…”
Close up photos by Jeremy Daniel