The Society of British Theatre Designers

2011 National Exhibition

Rachel E Stanners

The Impromtu at Outremont

The Impromtu at Outremont
  • Production: The Impromtu at Outremont
  • Company: United Players
  • Venue: Jericho Arts Centre, Vancouver
  • Year: 2007
  • Author: Michel Tremblay
  • Directed by: Sarah Rodgers
  • Costume Design by: Krista Sung
  • Set designed by: RACHEL E STANNERS
  • Design © RACHEL E STANNERS
With a limited budget, I chose only the necessary pieces of furniture required to recreate a living room of a wealthy middle-class family in Montreal. While both the white window and painted wooden floor, which dissolved at the edges into old photographs, alluded to the ephemeral nature of the piece.