Lizzie Borden Cat death scene idea

I have only two ideas for this scene and either way it can be performed.
Idea no. 1
spot light on Francis (on the downstage left) and she speaks Meanwhile ( on downstage right) Lizzie drags the cat off stage and kills it ( Music SFX- stabbing noises and a dying cat). Spotlight on Frances fades away. 

Spot light on Lizzie,Comes on stage with the dead cat and she is covered with blood and she sings.
" I love little pussy
Her coat is so warm
And if I don't hurt her
She'll do me no harm
So I'll not pull her tail
Nor drive her away
But pussy and I very gently will play"
This the song that she will be singing to. Even though I wasn't able to find a proper song for this I was able to find a you tube clip of creepy girl singing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzlm6yj8q6w
Idea no. 2
Spotlight on Frances ( on center stage)  and she says her lines. Meanwhile Lizzie ( down stage, spotlight on her) plays with the cat.( she moves from down stage left to downstage right) and drags the cat. She kills her on stage. ( Music SFX- stabbing noises and a dying cat). The she sings the song " I love little pussy".

The script

So we were told to annotate two pages of the script and this is what I decided to annotate.

Costume Ideas

 These are some of my costume designs for the characters I have
chosen. and I'll start with the main character Lizzie Borden. I've done only four characters for this play and the rest of them are done by peers.

Lizzie seems like a social awkward person and she seems like the type who gets picked up on a lot. So I thought about making her dress really simple not only because of her personality but also the action she carries out in the play. For example she murders her stepmother's cat so she'll have blood all over her dress therefore a light blue with a white apron is the best idea. As for her hair, It would be tied into a bun

Rachel seems like the girly type who loves to dress up. since she carries a doll around with her all the time, I thought about making her dress red. she also seems a bit spoiled and a bit nosy so I think red would best define her. She wears two pigtails(curly hair) and has a red bow on her head, this will make her look cute. And about the doll, I thought about a bunny instead.

Frances seems like the intelligent type who thinks logically before solving any problems. someone you would find in a detective story. Anyway she dress smartly. Green and brown is definitely her color. she wears a brown overcoat that matches her dress. Underneath the coat she will be wearing a full sleeve white shirt and is tugged in the a wide ribbon. As for her hair, I think open hair with curls will be good.

Ann seems like the mature type who would take the initiative to know the answer or to find out something she wants to. Even though she is mature she is also very fashionable and smart. so I thought that purple would best suit her. Even though her dress is very simple compared to Frances and Rachel she thinks that simple is elegant. 

I have only four characters but I think the color combination and the dress design itself  I chose for each of the characters defines their personality and body language.

Set design Ideas

I had a few different ideas of the stage, also known as set designs. basically we are performing this play called ' A memory of Lizzie Borden ' . And here are some things I wanna get started with. Before I begin,some of these stage takes place not only inside the auditorium. But also in other places. the number and the Item I use are kept constant throughout the different number of  ideas I have for example, I have five different set designs but for all of them I will keep the box and the tree and such
.

Idea no. 1 
The play is set for the gym, Yes the gym. So this would make somewhat similar to a " in the round " stage except the fact the stage will not be round but a rectangle instead.
All of the papers are annotated for more information



Idea no. 2 
Idea no. 1 and 2 is somewhat similar but the positions of the places and transitions are different.  and also this would be performed in the secondary well. When I did this I thought of it as a preview for the play. But I'll get into more detail later.

 Idea no. 3
This would be auditorium. I like this set design because the stage is used evenly and is spread out. Even though the drawing is really bad compared to the previous ones, This is still an idea that could be considered for this play

Idea no. 4 
This was probably my weakest set designs out of all of them. Because the stage is quite empty.





Idea no. 5
Last but not least, This drawing is really clean and all but it's still really empty like my idea no. 4 that I had.




So these were some of my ideas that I had for the play. Most of them are gonna take place inside the auditorium which is a Proscenium stage. Making a set design for a Proscenium stage is easier because the audience is sat only in one side whereas in the round stage, It is far more difficult because you have make sure while acting, that you do not show your back. But even so, these are all of my ideas.