BASIC SET DESIGN HELP FOR CHARITY BENEFIT!

Seeking some set design/building advice/assistance for a two-week benefit performance of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles'. Forum's set is rather basic - there are no set changes or scene changes of any kind; three stationary flats, essentially evenly spaced. The script describes each of the three houses as two levels; this is mostly for slamming door-type gags famous from this 60s vaudeville era. The center/main house is really the only one that requires a second level, even if it's not directly on top and is slightly off to the side, if that makes sense. As this is a benefit and also just the really short nature of this thing (it's just two weekends), it's not so important to have a hugely elaborate set, so I'll happily substitute the second levels on the two side/secondary houses for windows maybe raised an apple box above a normal window, so people can pop in and out of windows for gags a la the door on the second floor.



These are the stage specs: 50' w x 18' d x 20' h; 26'



Here is a link: https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Scott-Borden-to-Direct-A-FUNNY-THING-HAPPENED-ON-THE-WAY-TO-THE-FORUM-at-the-Barnsdall-Gallery-Theatre-20230718