Desdemona, A Play About a Handkerchief

by Paula Vogel

The University of Utah, as Department of Theatre Adjunct Faculty 2002

Directed by L.L. West
Sound Design and Original Music by Joe Payne

The concept was centered around two important themes. First was the song My Baby Does The Hanky Panky by Barry and Greenwich ©1966, performed by Tommy James and The Shondells. Second was the film quality of the script. I played with both by adapting and re-orchestrating "Hanky Panky" to belong in the world of the play, and then added lots of film projector sounds. The fun "20th Century Fox"- type theme came from a military march. The announcer voice is my dad, Marvin Payne.

Opening sequence/shift music/curtain