Anything to Declare?

by Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber
Translated and Adapted by Greg Leaming

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Fall 2013
directed by Jim Butchart
scenic design by Eric Appleton
costume design by Tracey Lyons
lighting design by student Nick Skaja
propsmaster: student Nick Skaja
sound design by Steve Chene
scenic painting by Eric Appleton

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Production photo of Act III; the Dupont parlor; Madame Dupont confronts her husband with his mistress’s appointment book. (set is the same for Act I)

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Production photo of Act II; Zeze’s garret. Her maid announces that she has yet another visitor.

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Construction: roofline visible through Zeze’s window.

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Painting: working on the cubist paint treatment of Zeze’s garret.

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Experimenting with gradated spray for the Dupont’s parlor (pointilism!).

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Drafting the elevation of Acts I and III.

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Early Sketchup model for Act I and III

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Early Sketchup model for Act II.

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Paul Signac, “Portrait of Félix Fénéon,” 1890. This painting served as overall touchstone for the scenic environment, and particularly informed the choices of Acts I and III.

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Georges Braque, “The Harbor at Normandy,” 1909. This painting served to inform Zeze’s garret, Act II.

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Preliminary sketch for the Dupont’s parlor. The wireframe shapes atop the walls were eventually cut due to time and lack of proper materials.

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Preliminary sketch for Zeze’s garret.