Concept Statement

In Velvet Sky by Roberto Aguirre Sacasa, Bethany attaches herself to such innocent concepts: the sandman, lullabies, and children’s stories. In my design, I want to use simple melodies and musical gestures to move through the story and in and out of Bethany’s dreams. The audience should question whether what they are experiencing is dream or reality. 

In my reading of the play: 

 - It is told entirely from Bethany’s perspective. 

 - Bethany drifts in and out of consciousness. 

 - Her mind allows her to travel between not only reality and dreamscape but also from location to location quickly like through a wind tunnel. 

 - Fairytales and children's stories are her reality

*I chose to design the first half of Velvet Sky. From the very beginning to page 26, to end on Bookstore Man's like, "Hey, it's your psychosis; I'm just living in it."