at Salem Rep

Bad Dates September 18th through October 5th 2008

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Plans and Elevations

7/28/2008

• Closet shelving Screen capture

7/19/2008

• Wall Flats 190 Kb pdf file.

7/10/2008

• Door Flats 62.5 Kb pdf file.

7/9/2008

• Bed Design -- Screen Capture 167 Kb jpg file.
• Bed Design 507 Kb pdf file.

7/8/2008

• Flat Layout Plan -- Screen Capture 141 Kb jpg file.
• Flat Layout Plan 871 Kb pdf file.

6/20/2008

• Revised Bad Dates Preset-- Screen Capture 0.1 MB jpg file.
• Revised Bad Dates Preset-- Plan View 0.3MB pdf file.

6/9/2008

• Preliminary Bad Dates Present -- Plan View 1.15 MB pdf file.

Materials

6/29/2008

• Trunk

6/27/2008

• Floral bed linen -- A warmer floral. I like the greens hues.
• Area rug This rug might work. About 5 x 7.

6/22/2008

• Bed linen --Goes well with chair yet plenty of color options.
• Linen -- Detail
• Chair -- Really the matching loveseat, but we will use the arm chair.
• Sconce -- Color is a very dark brown rather than black.

6/11/2008

• Cornice molding -- “lightweight, durable and easy to install”
• Door/window molding

Concepts

6/23/2008

My thinking is that Haley lives in the midst of the greatest design center on the planet, fully surrounded by visual stimulation of NYC, yet remains emotionally tethered in the Midwest. She has created a restaurant that is current and trendy, but at home, still a little bit of the country girl around the edges. Like many folks in urban environments, her public persona is hip and current but the home base is five years behind. She sacrifices home décor for shoes, etc. The opening scene catches her midway in the dawning realization that maybe there is something more to life than she had realized.

6/3/2008

My point of departure is on page ten of the script, “I found this a mazing apartment – rent controlled!” The rent control program applies to residential buildings with three to six units that were constructed before February 1947. So, given Haley's life situation, I think a prewar brownstone in Brooklyn Heights is a good basis for the set (see examples below).

• Rent Controlled Apartment -- Note: wood floors, window trim, radiator, exterior view.
• Brooklyn 2BR -- Note: Window, radiator, floor, trim.
• Brooklyn 2 br $2.2k/mo -- That window style again.
• Brooklyn 2 br $3k/mo -- Window style keeps popping up.
• Another rent controlled apartment -- I like the air conditioner.
• Atmosphere --Imagine shoes and purses instead of books.
• Hallway (concept)