| The Rocky Horror Show |
| Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY |
| Book, Music, and Lyrics by Richard O'Brien Directed by Devanand Janki Costumes Rob Bevenger , Lights Thom Weaver, Projections John Jalandoni, Sounds Don Tindall, Music Director Mark Fifer |
| Julia Noulin-Merat has designed and built a shrouded castle replete with spiral staircase, bone-white column work, and the kind of construction beams that suggest a castle under construction, or perhaps under destruction. All is shrouded and cloaked until the cast takes the stage, dusts everything off, and gets the party started... The best two things that can be said for the show is that it both honors its roots as 70's glam- rock camp and also allows every single one of the principals to find their own way of expressing their characters... For instance, there is a dusty old buckboard onstage buried under all the tarps and trappings, and sharp-eyed viewers will notice that movie posters have been lacquered onto the floor. Movies that get shout-outs in the songs, like "King Kong." John Jalandoni has designed images that are projected onto the stage floor during the show for exposition and atmosphere. Bryan van Campen Ithaca Times This mock Gothic tale that satirizes the underpinnings and clichés of science fiction and horror tales, revolves around the strange goings-on “over at the Frankenstein Place” ... Additional action and voices are added by the ten “phantoms” who are guests and witnesses to the travesties that occur on a single, stone-like set designed by Julia Noulin-Merat. Scads of tulle and other fineries, employed by Rob Bevenger’s costume design, perhaps make for more fancy visual appeal than expected, however, much like the show’s signature song, “Time Warp”, the excitement, great score, and relevancy of this show never gets “lost in time and space and…meaning.” By Tony Curulla Syracuse |
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| julia noulin.mérat scenic design |
