The Witch of November

JOE BISHARA, director of the Abbey Theater of Dublin, decided to produce Vidas Barzdukas original play THE WITCH OF NOVEMBER to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior.

The play goes back and forth in time and location, from the “In Between,” the pilothouse of the ship, and in the captain’s memories of his shore life with his wife. Joe gave C.G. Ryan the job of designing a set that would accommodate projections to clarify time and place, as well as dynamically simulate the shipboard storm experience for the audience. C.G. worked closely with IZ NICHOLS, lighting designer, DAVID CRONE, sound engineer, and TYLER NEWBY, animator, to create a cohesive and immersive production design.