The Grown Up (2019) - Play
UBC Players Club fall mainstage show The Grown Up, by Jordan Harrison. Directed by Shelby Bushell.
"Ten year old Kai is given a magical crystal door-knob by his grandfather that enables him to travel through space and time to see future events in his life. The further along he goes, the less he feels like he's seeing into his future, but more that he is living life as most people do; all too quickly. Both poignantly sad and zany, Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison expands on the notion that life is too short to miss any moment of it." - Samuel French
For this show, each actor wore a black base except for the lead, Kai. With this black base, one or two costume pieces were layered on to create a different character. It allowed for the actors to do their costume changes very quickly as the show itself is very fast paced. This also meant that the narrator characters in each scene were dressed in black as to be not noticed, and then also worked flawlessly into the funeral at the end having each person dressed in all black. The layering pieces were bright and colorful to balance everything out, and also to create the childlike world of out of Kai's 10 year old brain.
Directed by Shelby Bushell
Lighting Design by Anita Jian
Set Design by Melissa Goon
Sound Design by Kaiwen Yu
Photos by Veronica Blott
"Ten year old Kai is given a magical crystal door-knob by his grandfather that enables him to travel through space and time to see future events in his life. The further along he goes, the less he feels like he's seeing into his future, but more that he is living life as most people do; all too quickly. Both poignantly sad and zany, Pulitzer Prize finalist Jordan Harrison expands on the notion that life is too short to miss any moment of it." - Samuel French
For this show, each actor wore a black base except for the lead, Kai. With this black base, one or two costume pieces were layered on to create a different character. It allowed for the actors to do their costume changes very quickly as the show itself is very fast paced. This also meant that the narrator characters in each scene were dressed in black as to be not noticed, and then also worked flawlessly into the funeral at the end having each person dressed in all black. The layering pieces were bright and colorful to balance everything out, and also to create the childlike world of out of Kai's 10 year old brain.
Directed by Shelby Bushell
Lighting Design by Anita Jian
Set Design by Melissa Goon
Sound Design by Kaiwen Yu
Photos by Veronica Blott
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