Set Design for the play “Eat the Runt”

I had a lot of fun at opening night for the “Eat the Runt,” directed by Tom Beyer. The comedy of manners is set in the world of museum administrators and curators, all of whom seem crippled by their egos and insecurities.

I had the challenge of designing a set for two completely different plays. (See my previous blog entry about the play “Shake.”) Steven Stanley at stagescenela.com says:

Terence McFadden’s angular set design works even better here than it does in the concurrently running Shake, the addition or flipping over of a painting here or there signaling which office or other part of the museum we’re in.

(I appreciate Mr. Stanley’s praise, but I think with “Shake,” Matt Richter, who designed the lighting for both plays, really defines the varying locations for the different scenes with beautiful sensitivity. “Eat the Runt” takes place almost entirely within museum offices which just don't seem as poetic.)

Photos by actor and set builder Darrett Sanders.

“Eat the Runt” runs through Sept. 9th. See it at the Theatre of Note in Hollywood (www.theatreofnote.com).