When you walk into the Varner Studio Theatre to see The Women of Lockerbie, you’ll see an innovative scenic design. 
What you won’t see, is a tribute to the victims of the Pan Am flight that crashed into Lockerbie, Scotland after a terrorist attack.
Scenic Designer, Gina Smothers, created an environment for Lockerbie that includes rock formations, fabric, real grass and a flowing river that spreads across the stage. The cast and interpreters interact with this special environment to transform 
the audience to the hills of Scotland. In Gina’s vBlog (below), she describes the design process, and shows you some of the material used to create the hills of Scotland.
But, before the set was finished, the cast and crew of The Women of Lockerbie paid tribute to the victims of the crash. In total, 270 people died as a result of the crash: including 11 residents of Lockerbie. During set construction, the cast and crew wrote the names of those who died on the platforms and other surfaces of the set. Even though covered in paint, grass and rock, the victims of the tragedy remain vivid to the cast during in performance. This moving tribute set the tone for this moving production.
See Gina’s vBlog below, where she describes the process of designing the set for this moving production.
The Women of Lockerbie
November 18, 2011 – Oakland University
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Danny McDougall, PhD, CSC — “Dr. Danny” — owns and manages TerpTheatre. Since 1986, he has interpreted in hundreds of plays, musicals and other performances on stage – most in the shadowed style. He teaches and lectures on the theory and practice of theatre interpreting. Danny is the chair of Sign Language Studies at Madonna University, and holds a PhD in Translation and Interpretation from Heriot-Watt University – where his dissertation explored the relationship between space and meaning during interpreted theatre performances.
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