Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a children’s classic by famous British-Indian writer Salman Rushdie in the tradition of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz. “What’s the use of stories that aren’t even true?” This is the question Haroun asks his father, the famous storyteller Rashid Khalifa, when his mother Soraya runs away with another man. Rashid then loses his unique talent, the ability to tell stories, and Haroun decides he must help his father recover his powers. He sets off on a remarkable journey to the fabled Sea of Stories, where many of Rashid’s outlandish yarns turn out to be not only true but alive.

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Creative Team:

Director: Christopher Plummer
Sound Design: Eric Smith and Brendan Espinosa
Music Composition: Nick Cecconi and Erik Doering
Lighting Design: Cambry Wade
Projection Design: Christopher Plummer
Costume Design: Mary Cyr
Scenic Design: Kent Cyr
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Created by Zach Strauss

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Rendering and Photo Comparison of Costumes

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Entire Original Soundtrack

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The Composers

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Hoopoe Brain Successful Implant:

“As a soldier from the land of Chup steals the mechanical brain of the magical Hoopoe, this sound plays, emphasizing the electrical shorting, digital errors, and mechanical palpitations caused as the soldier carelessly severs each connection in the bird’s robotic head.”

Hoopoe Brain Removal:

“After escaping the dark ship of the cult master Khattam Shud and reclaiming the Hoopoe’s brain, Haroun attempts to reconnect it, but to no avail. Through sound, the boot-up hints at a full recovery for the bird, but stops with a sudden, disconcerting shorting sound. This sound then cued the actor into reciting lines that demonstrated just how crossed his wires were.”

Hoopoe Brain Failed Transplant:

“After several failed attempts by Haroun, she finally gets it right. The Hoopoe goes through a full reboot, represented by sounds signifying passed error checks, magical driver updates, automated P2C2E systems re-calibration, and a correct distribution of electrons and Wish Water throughout the Hoopoe’s robotic bird body.”

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Light Plot | LX Paperwork

“I wanted to design Haroun as if the story was coming from a little girl with a large imagination. There is a real world that is bland and boring, and then there is a world that opens up and beams with excitement that is created within Harouns mind. I imagine that the world that Haroun has created in her dreams would explode with magic and wonder and I wanted to create that atmosphere surrounding her and the audience to be just that. Throughout the play, I wanted to capture a girls dreams, fears, and wonder while the Sea of Stories progresses. Also, I wanted everything to be exaggerated due to the fact that the mind of a child is always larger and more imaginative.”

-Cambry Wade
Lighting Designer

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Haroun Set Plan (Opens in new window)

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Technical Schematics:

Haroun Set Plan

Projection Surface Plan

Light Plot

Flight of the Hoopoe

Paper Work:

Projector Schedule

LX Paper Work

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