Designing a festival of eight plays can be a daunting task; eight directors, eight design teams, and eight independent stories that need to be told. Couple that challenge with breaking the plays up with a series of short films, finishing the show every night with a different musical act , and adding an environmental design for a space that is at once elegant and technically complex, and you have the Crown Point Festival. The result is the kind of design project most LD’s would love to take on.

I’m thrilled to be sharing my design experience as it happens with the Live Design community. In the coming weeks and months you can expect entries chronicling the collaborations, design decisions, and gear selection as I work my way to opening night.

I hope you’ll check in often and I’d love to hear your thoughts along the way.

Welcome to James Bedell’s blog about the upcoming Crown Point Festival in New York, running October 27 to November 17 at the Henry Street Settlement, a historic 300+seat theatre and opera house on the Lower East Side and part of the Abrons Art Center. The festival will be a melding of live theatre, short films, and live music.

Keep an eye out for his designer log over the coming months right here!