The document provides details on the set design for the play "Wintertime" by Charles Mee, including descriptions of the setting, layout of the set, scene design elements, and the mood and style. The set takes place in a summer house in a winter woods and is designed so that the indoors and outdoors occupy the same space. Key elements include birch trees, lightly falling snow, hanging icicles, and furniture draped in white muslin for Act 1 and black for Act 2. The set aims to create a sense of warmth and comfort to immerse the audience in the play's themes of love and romance set in the winter season.

1. Wintertime
by: Charles Mee
By: Erika Flores

2. Where: Summer house in white winter woods
Season: late December “the dead of winter”
Year: 2005
Time of day: late evening

3. Environment for
performers and performance
Proscenium stage
Realistic Style
Modern
“The set for this play is not just indoors and outdoors, but indoors and
outdoors at the same time, occupying the same space”

4. Layout of set design
Act One
birch tree
birch tree
(light snow falling)
birch tree
birch tree
**all furniture is draped in white muslin**
birch tree
birch tree
(light snow falling)
birch tree
birch tree
birch tree
(light snow falling)
door separating ‘inside’ from ‘outside’
fire place mantel
piano
desk and two chairs
White summer dress hanging
From birch tree with icicles
suitcase
snow skies
Act Two
birch tree
birch tree
(light snow falling)
birch tree
birch tree
birch tree
birch tree
(light snow falling)
birch tree
birch tree
birch tree
(light snow falling)
**the whole house is draped in black**
door separating outside from inside
fire place mantel
Chair
Chair
Table with white orchids
Chair
Chair
Chair
Chair
Piano
Chair
Table with funeral cakes and drinks

5. Scene design elements that represent the OUTDOORS
Light snowfall:
snow effects can be
projected onto the
background as well
as lightly falling in
the „inside‟ of the
house.
Hanging Icicles
Icicles will be hanging from the
birch trees in the background set
of the production
White birch trees
Birch trees will be the key
props in the background of
the stage, giving a true sense
of being in the white winter
woods. One birch tree will be
on front stage left with a
white summer dress hanging
from the branch.

6. Scene Design for
‘Indoors’
Summer House
Piano
Desk
Snow skis
Fireplace
White orchids
7 chairs covered in black
“The piano, desk, and fireplace mantel
are covered in snow”. This effect is
achieved by covering all furniture
pieces in white muslin.

7. Visual Metaphor for Wintertime
Being consumed by love, jealously, and suspicion can distract us from valuing our
relationships before it is too late. An important message throughout the entire play is to
appreciate what you have and to never take your relationships for granted. In my opinion, a
central image for Wintertime could be a flaming red heart amongst the cold white birch
trees. This is coherent with the theme of the play and represents how love can sometimes be
cold and broken. In my set production one birch tree will have a red heart to symbolize this
message to our audience.

8. Mood & Style
The overall feeling the viewer should get
when they look at the set production is a
calm, placid feeling of comfort. Despite the
light snowfall in the background, our
viewers should feel a sense of warmth and
therefore have no trouble getting lost in the
moment of love and romance.
The set production is very modern and current.
The lines are clean and simple however we
will still utilize various textures. Since the play
is set for 2005, I want the set to feel very
relatable, realistic and inviting to our audience.

9. Works Cited
Michaels, Steven. "A Teacher Resource Guide." McCarter Theatre.
McCarter Theater Production, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
21, August. "A 'Wintertime' Snow Is Falling on Romance." Los Angeles
Times. Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2002. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.