Dog Act

2011

Illustration, Theater, Creative Direction

commissioned by Flux Theatre Ensemble for its February 2011 production

Dog Act
commissioned by Flux Theatre Ensemble for its February 2011 production
Liz Duffy Adams' wonderful play follows a vaudevillian troupe through a future wasteland. The most enigmatic of the characters is Dog, a man whose past causes him such shame that he demotes himself from the human race.
Photo (cropping mine) by Isaiah Tanenbaum / pictured at right: Chris Wight.

The Dog of ideas and paper transforms into the Dog of the stage.
Photos (cropping mine) by Isaiah Tanenbaum / pictured, from left: Becky Byers and Lori Parquet.

I was lucky enough to be invited to contribute to the stage experience and designed signage used as props during the performance. This was my first experience with the process of bringing stories to the stage, and I am hooked.

One of the design decisions made during my meetings with Flux was to physically link all three production images for season 4 into one panoramic image, image no. 1 representing Dog Act, image no. 2 representing Ajax in Iraq by Ellen McLaughlin and image no. 3 representing Menders by Erin Browne (January 2012).

Thanks to Dog Act director Kelly O'Donnell for bringing me in.
Read more about the process.
One of the design decisions made during my meetings with Flux was to physically link all three production images for season 4 into one panoramic image, image no. 1 representing Dog Act by Liz Duffy Adams, image no. 2 representing Ajax in Iraq by Ellen McLaughlin, and image no. 3 representing Menders.