Norris Center Theatre
Cardboard Piano by Hansol Jung is a two-act play set in northern Uganda, exploring love and loss as two teenage girls’ secret marriage is disrupted by a child soldier. Years later, one returns to confront the past, addressing themes of forgiveness and the lasting impact of violence. The play examines intolerance and how people sometimes hide behind religion, showing how obsession with the sacred can obscure basic humanity. The scenic design uses dark wood to convey the weight of sacred spaces and lighter, “damaged” wood to suggest fragility behind faith. Through a window framing the action, the audience glimpses the outside world, symbolizing how belief and blindness can coexist.The entire set design process was done by hand, from drafting to renderings.
Cardboard Piano by Hansol Jung is a two-act play set in northern Uganda, exploring love and loss as two teenage girls’ secret marriage is disrupted by a child soldier. Years later, one returns to confront the past, addressing themes of forgiveness and the lasting impact of violence. The play examines intolerance and how people sometimes hide behind religion, showing how obsession with the sacred can obscure basic humanity. The scenic design uses dark wood to convey the weight of sacred spaces and lighter, “damaged” wood to suggest fragility behind faith. Through a window framing the action, the audience glimpses the outside world, symbolizing how belief and blindness can coexist.The entire set design process was done by hand, from drafting to renderings.
Research
Sketch
Model
Hand-painted preliminary rendering
