Water by the Spoonful

by Quiara Alegria Hudes

Directed by Kathleen McKinley

Fresno State University Theatre

Much of this play exists in cyberspace.  Actor’s spoke the lines that the characters would be typing into their online support group for recovering addicts.  I used projection and sound to signify the online presence of the interaction.
Water 1

Water 2

The sound effect that brings the audience into cyberspace:

 

Logging On:

 

Logging Off:

 

Projections were also used to show physical location:

Water 3

Water 4

And multiple locations:

Water 6

Water 7

 

This video was created to emphasize the character’s action onstage as she literally drops water by the spoonful into a cup:

Water 5

 

Vocal recordings were manipulated to sound as if they were coming from a ghost who appears onstage and another to signify an announcement at a Japanese train station: