Speech & Debate

By Stephen Karam

October 2018 - Florida Players

Assistant Director: Laura Chiarello

Scenic Designer: Pete McKenna

Lighting Designer: Erica Siri

Costume Designer: Rebeka Clow

Sound Designer: Noah Denker
Photographer: Noah Ponte

My concept centered around the often-times oppressive expectations and limitations placed on young people in a society simultaneously expecting them to act like adults and be good kids. The lighting - except in performative moments - was flat, plain, "oppressive." Those performative moments were the few times the characters could express themselves with explosions of costumes, lights, and sound.