Forever Yours, Mary-Lou

October, 1983
SFU Theatre, Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, BC
written by Michel Tremblay
directed by Marc Diamond
with Patti Allen, Norman Armour, Melanie Doerr
set design by Greg Snider

My colleague Marc Diamond from the theatre area of SFU’s Centre for the Arts asked if I would be interested in doing a set design for the fall mainstage production of Forever Yours, Marie-Lou. I agreed, never having done a set before, and so began a productive and enjoyable relationship with him that lasted up until his untimely death in 2005.

The set features a Québécois kitchen organized as a Catholic chapel; overhead, a sloping projection screen shows a greyed-out image of the family in happier times. On either side of the kitchen, red carpets run back into the darkness.