Eurydice By: Sarah Ruhl

Eurydice is a play that is a spin on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The production was set in the 1950s and had only a shoestring budget. The pieces used for this show were pulled from our stock then modified to the theme.

For Eurydice I used white and blues to represent her pure nature and the water that is so pertinent to her life and death. The wedding dress she wears most of the show had a broken zipper, so I fixed it by making it a corset back.

Eurydice

Orpheus

Orpheus has the same color scheme as Eurydice but with different patterns. This was to show the differences in their relationship.

Father

Eurydice's father was dressed in grays and beiges to show the loss of color and vibrancy in his dead state. His clothes are more outdated while Orpheus's are more on the contemporary side of the time period.

The Stones

Serving as the Greek Chorus, the stones live in the land of the dead and serve the Most Interesting Man in the World. I went with different textures and layers of grays to make the stones coehesive yet distinct from each other.

The Nasty Interesting Man

Otherwise known as the Lord of the Underworld, the Nasty Interesting Man takes three forms in the show. I put him in a long black coat for his first appearance as a strange man at Eurydice's wedding. For when he takes the form of a child as Lord of the Underworld, I was inspired by Pugsley from The Addams Family with the striped shirt and shorts. Finally for when he grows, I put him in a dark purple shirt and tail coat. The pieces were slightly too big for the actor in order to play up the fact that he has "grown".

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