Julius Caesar
This production was special because it was not supported by the lighting, scenic, or costume departments. This required sound to pull a lot of weight in building the world as well as filling the space. I used a method of generating large amounts of content and mixing them in the space during rehearsals in a way that felt like painting a landscape. I had noise play throughout the entire show to raise the noise floor. I filled the space with white noise, music, rain, drums, and thunder, until the moment that caesar was stabbed and fell. I then sucked out all the sound and let the impact of silence take over the iconic moment.
Here is a sample of various tracks and soundscapes that I used in Qlab to “paint the world” of this production. I used techniques such as long fades to blend soundscapes together, manipulating the speed of tracks to get multiple versions, and layering many tracks over themselves at different speeds.
Directed by k. Jenny Jones
Set Design by Abigail Heyd
Photos by Richard Hess