A beautiful intersection of art and family: the story of the three Brontë sisters: Charlotte, Emily, and Anne during the period in which they wrote masterpieces such as Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. In moments of personal and financial struggle, with their reverend father sick and their brother wasting away, they learn to trust the stories within them. But, as ambitious women in the 1800s, their pioneering literary careers do not come without costs. This play premiered at the Stratford Festival In Canada in 2018 and will received its American Premiere at Riverside Theatre.

This production realized a new seating configuration for Riverside Theatre in a 55 foot long alleyway with two 25 by 12 voile projection surfaces on either end, along with utilized real video along with rendered landscape assets created in Unreal Engine, bridging the gaps between my interactive installation and experimental world and the traditional stage design I do in other productions. 
Playwright: Jordi Mand

Venue: Riverside Theatre

Date: November-December, 2023

Director: Juliana Frey-Méndez

Stage Manager: Faith Harlow

Scenic and Projection Design: Kaelen Novak

Costume Design: Jenny Nutting Kelchen

Lighting Designer: Jim Vogt

Sound Designer and Composer: Dakota Parobek

Props Designer: Stephen Polchert

Intimacy Coordinator: Carrie Pozdol

Dramaturg: Sara Ashbaugh

Photographs by Kaelen Novak