MACHINAL
By Sophie Treadwell
February 2023
Design featured at 2023 KCACTF Region 6 Festival
Regional Vectorworks Award winner
Oklahoma City University School of Theatre
Director: Hal Kohlman
Scenic Design: Carlee Robertson
Costume Design: Madeleine Pugh
Sound Design: Jeff Sherwood
Lighting Design: Halcyon Piper
Stage Manager: Liv McIntosh
Properties Design: Tess Rosen
Photography: Bryan Cardinale-Powell
Episode One - "To Business"
Episode Two - "At Home"
Episode Three - "Honeymoon"
Episode Four - "Maternal"
Episode Five - "Prohibited"
Episode Six - "Intimate"
Episode Seven - "Domestic"
Episode Seven - "Domestic"
Episode Eight - "The Law"
Episode Nine - "A Machine"
Episode Nine - "A Machine"
Transition
Concept Statement & Research
Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal is an examination of the interactions between the ceaseless, repetitive motions of an uncaring world and the people stuck living in it. In a time of isolation and overcrowding, the indifferent machine of society crushes a unique woman by means of alienation and patriarchal pressure in order to promote conformity. The play follows the journey of one Young Woman as she struggles to resist this machine but eventually succumbs to it.
Inescapable Light
Episode Eight - “The Law”
Episode One - “To Business”
Jail/Isolation: Emotional/Quality of Light Research
Episode Nine - “A Machine”
comfortable darkness
Episode Nine - “Prohibited”
Emotional/Quality of Light Research
Transition
Emotional/Quality of Light Research
Episode One - “To Business”
Inescapable Light:
Emotional/Quality of Light Research
The jail cell is another manifestation of this inescapable light.
Episode Nine - “A Machine”
Episode Seven - “Domestic”
Quality of Light Research
Episode Six- “Intimate”
machine of society
Mercury-Vapor Streetlight
Episode Nine - “A Machine”
Drafting & Paperwork
Light Plot
Section
Magic Sheet
Channel Hookup Sample
Instrument Schedule Sample
Cue List Sample