Sophie Smrcka | Scenic and Projections Design
Theoretical Projects
The Winter's Tale
By William Shakespeare
Director - Katie Lupica
Scenic Designer - Sophie Smrcka
Costume Designer - Kaelyn Marie
Lighting Designer - Mitch Wilson
Sound Designer - Amoirie Perteet
The Winter's Tale is, ultimately, a play about love, loss, and the journey of life. As we watch characters experience a myriad of extreme emotions, we watch their environments shift in a similarly extreme way.
Sicilia and Bohemia are distinctly different - Sicilia being a place of structure, order, and rigidity. Bohemia is a place of utter freedom, pleasure, and wildness. By comparing two opposing environments, we see that life cannot exist without both sides of the coin.
A full life is one that holds both joy and pain, and celebrates the duality.
Bulrusher
By Eisa Davis
Director - Nicole Watson
Scenic Designer - Sophie Smrcka
Costume Designer - Kaelyn Marie
Lighting Designer - Mitch Wilson
Sound Designer - Amoirie Perteet
Bulrusher is a woman who begins the play with no one and nothing but herself and her connection to nature. The script revolves around central ideas of family, heritage, and the importance of the relationship between people and their environment.
In order to further push this exploration, my design team felt this theoretical production had to be site specific - designing the space so the audience is seated on a river, watching the story take place on the lands of an ancient Indian burial ground. Honoring our local history and environment is integral to our production.
