Night of the Living Dead isn't so much about zombies. It is about a group of people, trapped in a confined space, fighting to stay alive against an uncertain foe...and against each other. In some respects, this story has been told and retold...ala Anne Frank. Sure, it's Nazis instead of zombies, but the result is the same...if caught, they're dead. So, this isn't like typical musical theater. It is more like a drama with musical numbers.
The script for the musical really is a single location, a unit set...one interior with three or four distinct playing areas, but all are rooms within the same farmhouse.
When Scott and I first talked about staging ideas for the show, a continuous theme seemed to weave through the discussion...feeling of being trapped, pull the audience onto the stage, make them feel like they are trapped in the farmhouse too.
This is a LOT more like designing a drama than designing a musical...
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