PENELOPE
SHOW PHOTOS
Photo by Ella Snyder Pictured Left to Right: Carlwell Redmon, Matthew Diston
Photo by Ella Snyder Pictured Left to Right: Donathon Arnold, Matthew Diston, Sean Hodges, Carwell Redmon
Photo by E. Lieu Woldhardt Pictured Left to Right: Carwell Redmon, Matthew Diston, Sean Hodges, Donathon Arnold
Photo by Yewon Yun Pictured Left to Right: Carwell Redmon, Sean Hodges, Matthew Diston, Donathon Arnold
Photo by Yewon Yun Pictured Left to Right: Carlwell Redmon, Matthew Diston, Donathon Arnold
Photo by Ella Snyder Pictured Left to Right: Sean Hodges, Carwell Redmon, Donathon Arnold, Matthew Diston
Photo by E. Lieu Woldhardt Pictured Left to Right: Carwell Redmon
Photo by Yewon Yun Pictured Left to Right: Donathon Arnold, Matthew Diston, Sean Hodges, Carwell Redmon
CREDITS
PENELOPE By Enda Walsh 2024 at Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
Directed by Spencer Byham-Carson
Scenic Designer: Phoebe Huggett, Lighting Designer: Xuewei Eva Hu Costume Designer: Sophie Howard Media Designer: Sophia Coscia
Scenic Charge Artist, Props Manager: Phoebe Huggett
Matthew Diston as Quinn, Carwell Redmon as Burns, Donathon Arnold as Dunne, Sean Hodges as Fitz
PENELOPE IN PROGRESS
DRAFTING PACKET
Penelope in this production became a script that revolved around the idea of worship; specifically what different forms of conscious and unconscious worship looked like and how those took up space in the characters heads and actions. Thus the play was staged in alley, on one side the overlook from Penelope’s house onto the pool mirrored on the other side by a Potrait to Odysseus. While the show is named for her, and many actions in the script are taken in her name, Odysseus is the real power onstage. The characters onstage seek to take his place; to be married to Penelope is to be Odysseus, to have proven yourself the powerful through violence which is what these men spend not only the show doing, but have spent decades exercising themselves in this way. The portait is Odysseus altar where he gathers strength through the actions of these man as they fulfill the ideals he stands for.
Series 1 Potrait
Odysseus Potrait Photo
Series 2 Potrait
Final Paint Sample
Final Paint Elevation
ODYSSEUS & HIS POTRAIT
Series 2 Potrait
Series 2 Potrait
Rough Paint Elevation
The Pool is the site for the show. It is a place these men have spent countless decades warring, killing fighting and worshiping. It is the only place that truly matters to them, not the homes they live in, not the beautiful island, but this pool that they have disrespected. The floor is painted in a blue/teal wet blend with grout lines painted in on the top; the grout lines warp as they approach the foot of the Odysseus portait as his power over the space begins to warp the physical area these men exist in. The pool was painted resembling a more quality tile to help sell the disrespect the men have to this space in contrast to the detritus and wrappers they would leave around during the show. The colors were chosen to allow for play with the lighting designer with colored lights being able to bring out the red in the floor as blood in key moments, as well as focus on different parts of the color in other moments.
Warping Reference
THUMBNAIL SAMPLES
Odysseus Potrait Final
Series 2 Potrait
Draft Paint Elevation
Full Tile Treatment Photo
THE POOL
Series 2 Potrait
Tile Reference Image