The Obituary

Costume Design.

University of Iowa: New Play Series 2024

HOW DO YOU CAPTURE THE FEELING OF A MEMORY?



Written By: Xiaoyan Kang

Direction: Kayla Adams

Scenic: Soren Olsen

Costume: Bella Fortunato

Lights: Meredith Onions

SM: Colin Kiernan

Renderings& Research

Renders sketched in Photoshop

Yitong, a young Chinese student living in Singapore, starts volunteering through school to help care for an elderly couple, the Lee’s. Mrs. Lee, though at first cold to Yitong’s vivacious presence in her life, comes to embrace this change. As her husband fades from this life, Mrs. Lee is cascading through the memories of their time together and struggles asking the question: How does one capture all the memories of a person in a single obituary?

Figurative and Period Specific Research

paperwork

Breakdown of onstage costume changes

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