Luigi Pirandello wrote “Six Characters in Search of an Author”, and was later translated by Stanley Longman. The show was produce at Valbourg Theater on Monday, March 1, 2004. When I first arrived at the theater as an usher, I listened to the music that was playing in the lobby. The music was very tranquil, not too loud, and reminded me of a mysterious kind of music. If I had known then how the characters were going to be represented, I would have seen this as foreshadowing.

I noticed when the ensemble came on stage they were wearing light or beige colors. Knowing that they would not be the focus of the play later on, I realized how much this assisted the focus of the play. The cast was wearing darker, easier to see colors. The make-up was also helpful for people who had not read the play. The make-up and the clothing colors helped distinguish between the ensemble and the cast.

When the cast fist made their appearance on the stage, I realized how the music (before the play actually started), foreshadowed the mysteriousness of the play. I wondered when I was reading the play how the cast

Lights also played a dreary part in the garden when the little boy and girl died. The lights were covered in a screen of some kind, and they were green. This brought out the earthy, garden aspect of the scene as well as the dark, deep tragedy of the children’s deaths.

The best part of the show for me was the end. The lighting with the screens, showing the cast’s silhouettes was a great illusion. It looked as if they were floating back there, like ghosts, they were finished.

As far as scenery is concerned, there really was not a lot. There was not supposed to be either, the theater was set up to portray the actors at a rehearsal. The scenery that was there lent a sense of dreariness for the most part. This was most apparent in the scene in the garden. Everything was dark and dreary.

When the Stepdaughter did her song and dance towards the beginning of the show, the stage was covered in a red light, giving it a sexy, appealing, center stage kind of feel. The way the actor used her voice, brought out her character and maybe told a little about her background and what was to come. Red lights are normally associated with prostitution, and that was the jo

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