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