Projection and media design by Tao Wang

The Game

PlayMakers Repertory Company · 2024

In Bekah Brunstetter’s modern adaptation of Lysistrata, an online game is at the center of a marriage. Projected textures carry that game world onto a columned temple and across the stage floor.

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Performers reach toward a small glowing screen in front of a blue-lit temple. — Projected textures cover the temple facade at PlayMakers. Photo by HuthPhoto.

Mapping the temple and floor

The system diagram shows how the playback equipment connects to the outputs. A production photo shows the mapped surfaces together, with patterned imagery across the floor and violet lines tracing the platform and stairs.

A system diagram connects a WATCHOUT playback unit, monitors, and output devices. — Projection system diagram for The Game. Open the full image to read the labels.

A temple facade and patterned stage floor are bordered by violet lines along the stairs. — A wide view of the temple and mapped platform. Photo by HuthPhoto.

The mapping in motion

One clip shows the temple emerging from darkness and changing from blue and violet to warm red and gold. The other shows color and texture moving across the floor and facade.

Watch the temple reveal (35 sec) Watch temple and stage mapping (1:02)

Production credits

Projection and media design: Tao Wang
Playwright: Bekah Brunstetter
Director: Vivienne Benesch
Scenic design: Lee Savage
Costume design: Pamela A. Bond
Lighting design: Carolina Ortiz Herrera
Sound design: Kate Marvin
Production photography: HuthPhoto

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