VCA DESIGN & PRODUCTION
GRADUATE SHOWCASE
GRADUATE SHOWCASE
Eurydice set model exhibition view, 2025
Framing statement, 2025
At “an invisible sea”. “Eury
dice and Orpheus walks... on
an unseen broadwalk”. p. 15
Eurydice and
Orpheus dance at the wed
ding. p. 19
Nasty Interesting Man lures
Eurydice to The Interesting
Apartment “- a giant loft space
with no furniture”. p. 20
Eurydice dies and descends
to the Underworld.
Orpehus, in the overworld, writes
a letter to Eurydice. “He crum
ples up the letter. He writes
a new letter. He thinks. He
writes.” p. 26
Gates of Hell. Orpheus bar
gains The Child and sings to
gain entry (downstage right).
p. 34
Father erases himself in
water. Eurydice returns,
finds string room collapsed,
grieves.
Orpheus forgets everything after the Stones poured water on him
(raining elevator). Orpheus enters by holding a letter.
Lighting design synopsis, 2025
Eurydice storyboard, 2025
Yichen (Vivian) Li is an emerging set and costume designer with a strong interest in lighting and its ability to transform the mood, form, and meaning of a performance space. Her work explores how light interacts with materials, colour, and texture to shape the audience’s emotional experience. Vivian enjoys exploring how subtle shifts in lighting can reveal new layers within a design, turning simple structures into expressive, dynamic environments.
In her recent set design for Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl, Vivian approached lighting through subtle modulation of brightness, hue, and direction to delineate the boundary between the living and the dead. Her lighting design created multiple distinct environments, guiding the audience through shifts in time, memory, and presence on stage.