Who are the Designers?
The main areas of theater design are set, costume, and lighting design. A designer may work in more than one area, although the amount of work involved in creating a Broadway production makes this difficult. All designers face the same challenge: to bring the play to three-dimensional life.
A set designer must create the entire world of the play. This may mean elaborate changes of scenery, or a stark open space with one well-chosen chair. The set designer has to take into account how much space the actors need onstage, how visible each part of the set is from each seat in the theater, and how much room there is backstage for scenery to be stored.
The main areas of theater design are set, costume, and lighting design. A designer may work in more than one area, although the amount of work involved in creating a Broadway production makes this difficult. All designers face the same challenge: to bring the play to three-dimensional life.
A set designer must create the entire world of the play. This may mean elaborate changes of scenery, or a stark open space with one well-chosen chair. The set designer has to take into account how much space the actors need onstage, how visible each part of the set is from each seat in the theater, and how much room there is backstage for scenery to be stored.
