DESIGN

The following photos are designs of shows both realized and unrealized. Some of these galleries are repeated on my Painting page because I fulfilled my own design. Most of my older work has little evidence of the work process, but I have at least one picture of everything I have ever worked on. I will put as much information as possible on every project, but if you have questions about my work or my process, please feel free to get in touch with me through my contact page.

Pirates! The Musical (2016)

Directed and Choreographed by Andrew Brock

Written by John Jacobson and Roger Emerson

Musical Direction by Andrea Brock

Designed and Painted by Tori Dewar

Realized

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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2016)

Directed and Adapted by Livia Genise
Written by William Shakespeare

Designed and Painted by Tori Dewar

Realized

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The Return of the Glass Slipper (2016)

Directed by Jessica Blaszak

Musical Direction by Marcia Katzmar
Written by Mary Donnelly and George L. O. Strid

Designed and Painted by Tori Dewar

Realized

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Iphigenia in Aulis

By Euripides

Unrealized

Iphigenia This is a quarter inch scale model of a set constructed for Ipigenia in Aulis. Set in Vietnam, this full color model is a set of ruins on a thrust stage a foot high. Upstage right and downstage left are entrances within the military encampment. The sagging mass upstage left is the captain's tent. The floor is a combo of mud and sand, as there is a shore of sorts downstage left.	Iphgenia cont. The downstage right exit is from the outside world, were Iphienia makes her entrance and her final exit. The half buried building downstage right is a great raised platform to perform the sacrifice of Iphigenia during the final monologues.

The Nerd

By Larry Shue

Unrealized

Color Drawing Based on a series of photos of midwest houses in the 1920's, this set was created to fit the awkward but successful main character. Pen, watercolor, then a final black spray	White Model This is a white model of the same set, this is the quarter inch scale white model of The Nerd

Footloose, The Musical (2013)

Directed by Don and Patsy Meeker

Produced by Oregon Conservatory for Performing Arts

Music by Tom Snow

Lyrics by Dean Pitchford and Kenny Loggins

Book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie

Designed and painted by Tori Dewar

Realized

The Moore House This was based off of 1960's kitchen/dining room images with a color palate straight from the directors. The display case was based off of my own grandparent's house and the curtains were chosen by the directors from a selection of 60's themed windows.	School Hallway The posters were from my own recollections of high school, I was trying to break up the monotonous lockers. Green was chosen as a school color because it wasn't popular in the region and it was my favorite color
School Gym This was my biggest challenge; gyms are so vast without a lot of decoration, making it difficult to find an image that would portray the location to most if not all audience members. The Pterodactyl was an abstract mascot created by the cast and crew.

This set was also re-used in a production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Nights Dream (2014), Directed by Tyrone Wilson

Directed by Don and Patsy Meeker

Produced by Oregon Conservatory of Performing Arts

Book by TIm Kelly

Music by Arne Christiansen

Lyrics by Ole Kittleson

Designed and painted by Tori Dewar

Realized

Hi, Ho, Robin Hood (2013)

Sherwood Forest Both the forest and the meadow were based off of photos that the directors liked. I took those photos and created the paintings.	Fairgrounds This meadow had more artistic license than the forest; the original picture was full of pines and the directors wanted a deciduous forest.
Meeting Merry Men The Sherwood Forest in production.	Archery Contest The Fairgrounds in performance

Go West! (2013)

Directed by Andrew Brock

Musical Director Marcia Katzmar

Produced by Oregon Conservatory of Performing Arts

Music Adapted and Arranged by

Book Adapted by

Realized

Setting up "Go West" I built the crates and the fire pit. The girl on the left is carrying part of what I built as an active fire onstage.	Logs I carved the logs out of left over foam boards from a different production. I cut them down to about 2 foot long pieces and continued to round it out with rough bark-like edges.
Fire Construction These are desk fans that I attached to boxes outside of the logs to make the flames made of cellophane and tissue paper move around onstage. I also attached some push lights to make the flames glow during the performance.	Final Pit I carved in some grooves and painted the logs
Crates I did a 2 color straight blend to make a wood-like texture underneath. Then based off of a picture of old crates from the west I used black to make the lines and the stenciled Dynamite lettering.	"Go West" The final set for "Go West"

Sleeping Beauty Kids (2012)

Directed by Andrew Brock

Musical Director Marcia Katzmar

Produced by Oregon Conservatory of Performing Arts

Music Adapted and Arranged by Bryan Louisells

Book Adapted by Marcy Heisler

Designed and painted by Tori Dewar

Realized

Inside the Cottage In Sleeping Beauty we had a cottage scene that needed to be changed over quickly, so I only made 2 of the flats reversible. The cottage was based off of cartoon pictures similar to those in the movie.	Wall 1 The walls were made with a 3 color scumble/blend and the beams were wood grained brown across for style.
Wall 2 There was no specificity for what was outside the window, so I did a harsh blend of blue and white for a foggy/frosted look.	Stone Fireplace The fireplace was a perspective challenge; I wasn't sure how to show the depth of the fireplace, particularly because I didn't know how to paint fire. This was the final product and I look forward to mastering fire.
Maleficent's Lair Maleficent's Lair was a challenge because of the amount of stone. Again the design was based off of cartoon pictures, this time of dungeons.	Reverse of Wall 1 The stone was a general grey blend over the entire piece after which my assistant and I came through with pencils and paint and did all of the stones. Each was then given a highlight and a lowlight for the final effect.
Reverse of Wall 2 This window was used to break up the monotony of the stonework. The director wanted it to look evil, so my assistant and I made a purple and green "magic sky" with a dead tree.	Performance The kids had a great show!

Tartuffe (2011)

Directed by Tyrone Wilson

Produced by Oregon Conservatory of Performing Arts

Written by Moliere

Designed and painted by Tori Dewar

Realized

Curtained Wall

This design is based off of the canvas with different material designs from my Scenic Painting course. The first layer is the wallpaper: 2 color scumble, white texture with a feather duster, and stencil work. The next layer was the wood but the stain wasn't water-based, so the final product was too shiny for the lights and did not absorb the shadows as well as the canvas. Finally I painted curtains on either side; 1 base color and then blending streaks of lighter and darker shades of blue.

Performance

Medea

By Euripides

Unrealized

Final Display 1 This is a rudimentary model of a semi-modern set that I created for "Medea" as an assignment. The entrance to civilization is up the hill, allowing characters to look down upon Medea throughout the show. The overhanging arch at the top is circular and help up by female statues that come to life and become the chorus.	Final Display 2 At this angle you can see that Medea is standing on a raised level of dirt, creating a platform for her monologues and spell casting during the show. This model was made of paper mache, paper cut-outs, and moss.

Design

Pirates! The Musical (2016)

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The Tragedy of Macbeth (2016)

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The Return of the Glass Slipper (2016)

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Iphigenia in Aulis

Iphigenia

Iphgenia cont.

The downstage right exit is from the outside world, were Iphienia makes her entrance and her final exit. The half buried building downstage right is a great raised platform to perform the sacrifice of Iphigenia during the final monologues.

The Nerd

Color Drawing

Based on a series of photos of midwest houses in the 1920's, this set was created to fit the awkward but successful main character. Pen, watercolor, then a final black spray

White Model

This is a white model of the same set, this is the quarter inch scale white model of The Nerd

Footloose, The Musical (2013)

The Moore House

This was based off of 1960's kitchen/dining room images with a color palate straight from the directors. The display case was based off of my own grandparent's house and the curtains were chosen by the directors from a selection of 60's themed windows.

School Hallway

The posters were from my own recollections of high school, I was trying to break up the monotonous lockers. Green was chosen as a school color because it wasn't popular in the region and it was my favorite color

School Gym

This was my biggest challenge; gyms are so vast without a lot of decoration, making it difficult to find an image that would portray the location to most if not all audience members. The Pterodactyl was an abstract mascot created by the cast and crew.

Hi, Ho, Robin Hood (2013)

Sherwood Forest

Both the forest and the meadow were based off of photos that the directors liked. I took those photos and created the paintings.

Fairgrounds

This meadow had more artistic license than the forest; the original picture was full of pines and the directors wanted a deciduous forest.

Meeting Merry Men

The Sherwood Forest in production.

Archery Contest

The Fairgrounds in performance

Go West! (2013)

Setting up "Go West"

I built the crates and the fire pit. The girl on the left is carrying part of what I built as an active fire onstage.

Logs

I carved the logs out of left over foam boards from a different production. I cut them down to about 2 foot long pieces and continued to round it out with rough bark-like edges.

Fire Construction

These are desk fans that I attached to boxes outside of the logs to make the flames made of cellophane and tissue paper move around onstage. I also attached some push lights to make the flames glow during the performance.

Final Pit

I carved in some grooves and painted the logs

Crates

I did a 2 color straight blend to make a wood-like texture underneath. Then based off of a picture of old crates from the west I used black to make the lines and the stenciled Dynamite lettering.

"Go West"

The final set for "Go West"

Sleeping Beauty Kids (2012)

Inside the Cottage

In Sleeping Beauty we had a cottage scene that needed to be changed over quickly, so I only made 2 of the flats reversible. The cottage was based off of cartoon pictures similar to those in the movie.

Wall 1

The walls were made with a 3 color scumble/blend and the beams were wood grained brown across for style.

Wall 2

There was no specificity for what was outside the window, so I did a harsh blend of blue and white for a foggy/frosted look.

Stone Fireplace

The fireplace was a perspective challenge; I wasn't sure how to show the depth of the fireplace, particularly because I didn't know how to paint fire. This was the final product and I look forward to mastering fire.

Maleficent's Lair

Maleficent's Lair was a challenge because of the amount of stone. Again the design was based off of cartoon pictures, this time of dungeons.

Reverse of Wall 1