Performance INSTRUCTIONS aka SCRIPT

ACTION SCRIPT - includes ideas for lights and sounds.
To be Read while referring to sketches posted earlier (see below)
Scene 1
- Darkness
- Silence
- Empty stage all black -
Scene 2-
- Small light appears at left side facing existing stage.
- Sound of tapping sticks
- Walker appears from right, walks towards left
Scene 3
- About half way across Rosy light begins to fade in
- About half way across, marching music heard very softly
- Walker continues walking, vanishes into darkness at left side, small light vanishes when Walker vanishes. Music fades, not quite completely, tapping of sticks can still be heard.
Scene 4
- Darkness
- music fades in louder, tempo increasing slower,
- Purple light increases on stick Bearer in Black
- Stick Bearer in black raises stick slowly so that swinging weight moves within the beam of light, causing shadows on backdrop
- Music loud and slow (distorted) Begins to fade out
- Purple Light fades slowly
- Stick bearer lowers weight
Scene 5
- Darkness
- Small light fades in on left
- Light at floor level on right increases slowly
- Music sound increases, still very slow and distorted.
- Walker enters from right, walking more slowly as if climbing a hill
- Music slows even more while fading out
- Walker exits again from left
- Light fades out.
Scene 6
- Darkness
- music fades in louder, tempo increasing (faster, but not yet normal speed)
- yellow light increases on stick Bearer in white
- Stick Bearer in white raises stick slowly so that butterfly moves within the beam of light, causing shadows on backdrop
- Music loud and almost normal speed, then slowly begins to fade out
- Yellow Light fades slowly
- Stick bearer lowers butterfly as light fades
Scene 7
Darkness
Small light appears at left
Floor level light appears and brightens slowly
Tapping of sticks is heard
Walker appears, walking more briskly as light brightens
Music fades in, then increases in tempo as well as volume
Yellow and purple lights both fade in
Stick bearers raise their sticks simultaneously.
Various shadows mingle on backdrop
FINALE
Lights bright
Sounds loud and tempo brisk
Walker marking time with sticks
coming to end of music, it fades out
Ends with complete darkness again
ENDS
Walker