DEAR EVAN HANSEN
Projection Design
Pangdemonium
Victoria Theatre
11 Oct - 10 Nov 2024
DIRECTOR: Tracie Pang
BOOK: Steven Levenson
MUSIC & LYRICS: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Timothy Koh
SET DESIGNER: Eucien Chia
ASSOCIATE SET DESIGNER: Grace Lin
LIGHTING DESIGNER: James Tan
PROJECTION DESIGNER: Genevieve Peck
SOUND DESIGNER: Jing Ng
ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER: Jean Yap
COSTUME DESIGNER: Leonard Augustine Choo
Photo Credits: Bernie & Crispian Chan
“If anything, Pangdemonium has always strived to push themselves artistically, taking creative risks as they wrestle with new forms of presentation, from multimedia to sound design. Utilising Ableton Programming by Scott Wasserman and Enrico De Trizio, Act 1 closing number ‘You Will Be Found’ feels louder and more full with a virtual choir of voices in addition to the main cast. This is further aided by projection designer Genevieve Peck, who showcases a stream of faces onscreen to represent other youths lost to suicide. Throughout the show, Genevieve also focuses on using her projections to showcase how much our devices have taken over our lives – when characters interact with each other from their homes, we see live video feed of the two projected onscreen, to represent a Facetime call, for example, or how Evan’s letter to himself is seen to be typed out ‘live’.”
-- Review by Bakchormeeboy
“Projection designer Genevieve Peck also deserves praise for the well-timed projections that make Dear Evan Hansen feel like a story that could take place today. Filling the sliding walls with social media posts, e-mails forming before the audiences’ eyes and mimicking FaceTime calls between the characters, the visual additions are engaging and complement the performances.”
-- Review by Charmaine Lim. The Straits Times
