All my Sons - Set, Sound, lighting and Costume

Set at the start of the play (remains the same)

• Front of the house with porch.

• Wooden white beams, slightly worn but nothing huge.

• Stairs coming down from the porch with matching white banisters.

• Table and chair set, directly opposite the stairs, white wood again, with leather cushion on top.

• White wooden table, small.

• Across from that there is another white bench, wooden, but with no leather on top.

• Small table / footrest in front of it and a white wicker chair next to it.

• Gardening and plants stage right and therefore on the right of the house.

• Fallen tree is the thing closest to the house.

Lighting in the opening part of the play

• Lightening - strobe white lighting

• Then pitch black and then strobe again.

• Blackout, slowly rises to warm wash.

Lighting when arguing with George

• Natural lighting (yellow / white wash) on Joe and the others.

• Red lighting on George.

• Depiction of evil even though that is not the case.

Sound at the Start of the play

• Thunder noises.

• Sinister background music

• Aircraft flying above, foreshadowing.

• Eery music - horror story.

• Children laughing , memory

• Wind.

• Water/rain.

• Sound of the tree crashing.

Frank and Bet costume at the start of the play

Frank -

• Multi colour short sleeve button up collard shirt.

• White t - shirt underneath.

• Denim dungarees.

Bert -

• Red baseball cap.

• Strippy t shit crewneck.

• Blue denim jeans.

Kate Costume when she’s been cooking

• Collard floral dress, sleeves down to elbow. Linin.

• Apron with small flower patter on it.

• Hair curly an down to her shoulders. Side part.

• Makeup gives her little colour and makes her look a bit pale. Pink lipstick.

• Open toe sandals with white strips.

George Costume

• White collard shirt,

• Top button untied, top button undone.

• Green/brown waistcoat, matching trousers and blazer jacket - blazer jacket is long.

• Short hair and slightly messy.

• Eyes a little red and watery.