So in a small pow-wow on Friday night, the seniors decided to do a play called The Memory of Water. If you have a really good memory (somewhat of a pun somewhat intended), you'll remember that it is one of the shows I acted in at Drake. I played Vi, spoke in a British accent, and wore a dress that made me look like a green bell pepper. It has four good female roles and two males roles - which works out since we have mainly females and two senior guys.

Since I am locked in the theatrical wasteland that is Northern Iowa, I'll tell all of you my theatrical ideas and insights. So, just nodd your heads and agree with the crazy director-lady.

Set

• Interior bedroom set - needs bed, openable widows, armoir or closet, vanity table & aditional seating
• I want the set to be either shade of blue and white to reflect the "water" of the title or shades of lavender accented with violet to reflect the mother's name - Vi (Violet)
• If we do the blue, I'm thinking of using blue and white toile (the French or faux-French printed fabric with scenes of shepards or courtly lords and ladies), frilly lamps, and heavy white curtains. Like this...
  


• If we do the lavender, I'm not quite sure what we'd do. Any ideas?

Costumes

• I'm going to set it in prsent day - so everyone will just be in normal clothes.
• Vi will be in either a pouffy 60s cocktail dress or one of those 60s cocktail dresses that was short and tight, but then had a big back train - like it couldn't make up its mind as to whether it was a formal gown or a cocktail dress. Like this...
  
• The catch is that all the girls are going to have some form of green on them at all times - it's the unconcious tie to their mother.
• Any ideas for making Catherine outrageous?