Scenic, Lighting, and Costume Design by Leigh Henderson

San José City College Theatre Arts (San José, CA), April 2014

By Craig Lucas

Directed by Dennis Sloan

Reckless follows the strange journey of Rachel, who flees into the night one Christmas Eve when her husband confesses that he has hired a hit man to kill her. In the fractured and idiosyncratic narrative, Rachel meets series of enigmatic characters, attempts psychotherapy, wins a game show, re-connects with her husband, and survives a murder.

The design draws on imagery of hospitals, therapists’ offices, and pillows and bedding to create a space that emphasizes power dynamics, allows for numerous locations, and reflects Rachel’s fracturing sanity.