The Raven and The Lake.

We have so much material, its insane. Im interested as to how this is all going to come together, but obviously we will soon find out.

Liam and I were discussing the idea of the reoccurring person or thing or object in the piece, and we talked about having the character of the Raven appear, somewhat like a narrator, or a constant reminder of Poes insanity or obsession with death. The ever so prominent and inevitable end.

The idea we had was it would be sweet if we could acquire a mask that looked like the head of a raven, with a long beak etc... Raven-esque. You know? That way it wouldn't have to be one person always playing the Raven, but it could change.

Tara sent us an email and one of the things she said was something along the lines of: what have you always wanted to do on stage but couldn't.

Well, I've always wanted to have a wet stage. And not in the way that our midterm group used water, I mean an entire stage with water, 2 or 3 inches of it. Now, I have conceptualized several configurations that can work (and I know, it will be too expensive, or take too long to build or clean up etc...) so humour me, just for fun.

Config #1. There is a material used to build man made lakes, or even landscaped water features in peoples yards. Its like a black rubberised cloth that is waterproof. Using the right amount of this material and building a frame using two by fours, you could actually make a kind of giant, but shallow, water box. I've always wanted to do this because water creates cool sounds, visual effects, can be used to change the look of existing materials on stage (like getting a cloth wet or something that would dissolve in water, or maybe a piece of paper with ink, dipped into the water and then see the ink running).

Now if we were to do this it would either take up the whole stage, or, as my father suggested: Config #2, would consist of the same idea, but downscaled, across the back of the stage (upstage), creating a sort of cross over space, or something that could be used to underscore pieces happening downstage.

Anyway, this is all probably useless due to time constraints, budget, etc. That being said, in theatre if you want something, you find a way to make it bloody well happen. Think about it.