Introduction to Theatre Collab Project Presentation 2013 Role: Set Designer Play: Bus Stop

1. Set Design by Marta Epomba

2. Intro to Set Design
• The set designer is responsible
for collaborating with
the director and other
members of the production
team, such as lights and
costumes, to create an
environment for the
production and then
communicating the details of
this environment to
the audience.

3. Set Pieces and Design for Bus Stop
• In Bus Stop, by William Inge,
the characters are trapped
in a diner outside of Kansas
City, Missouri during a
snowstorm. The entirety of
the action takes place in
this diner. The diner should
be small and intimate, with
a low ceiling, one door, and
a sizeable window that
overlooks the titular bus
stop. The interior should
have one bar with some
stools, and a few tables
with chairs. A simple
staircase leading up to
Grace’s apartment should
be unobtrusively off to the
side.

4. Mood and Style
• Bus Stop occurs in 1955;
therefore, the set should
have a distinct ‘50s feel. But
it is a small and unassuming
diner; not big and colorful
like the Grease teen
hangout, but muted, with
more wood finishing and
dull red accents. It should
look like it caters to an
older crowd.

5. Possible Bus Stop Set Designs

6. Bus Stop
Window
Door
Stairs
Chairs
Bar
Tables
Bar Stools
Audience