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Theatre Honors: Animals and Plants and Melancholy Play

TheatreUSF Honors Program presents Animals and Plants and Melancholy Play.

Animals and Plants and Melancholy Play

By Adam Rapp and Sarah Ruhl
Summer 2010
Presented by the TheatreUSF Honors Program

ANIMALS AND PLANTS

By Adam Rapp

Directed by Tia Jemison
Scenic Design: Andrew Cohen
Costume Design: Christine Pena
Lighting Design: Lauren Libretti

A man stands with his palm outstretched with orange dust on his fingers diagonally toward stage right as he faces in this direction.

A man wearing a ski mask and holding a shovel is staring at his fingers on his right hand, which- along with the fingers on his left hand- are covered in orange dust. A girl stands left of the man holding a suitcase.

A man grins with his mouth open looking toward the audience while sitting on a bed, a woman sits next to him, facing him and smiling.

A man looks stage right while holding a cactus.

A man sits on a bed with his hands held out, a cheese curl in his right hand, while watching a woman standing next to the bed on a chair while talking on a landline phone.

MELANCHOLY PLAY

By Sarah Ruhl

Directed by Erin Morris
Scenic Design: Andrew Cohen
Costume Design: Kelsey Platkin
Lighting Design: Lauren Libretti

Five characters are scattered onstage wearing party hats. One stands near stage right holding flowers. Four characters stand in front of three staggered framed panels, two in front of the one furthest right and one in front of the ones in the middle and left.

A character in a suit holds a tray of two teacups.

Two women sit on a couch while the woman on the right accepts a cookie from a saucer held by a maid, who looks away from the woman toward the audience while holding a teacup and saucer.

A man stands as if dancing while facing the audience, his chest outward toward stage left with his right hand in a fist in front of him and his left behind him.