the garbologists

A play by Lindsay Joelle.


TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT

Opening: February 1st, 2024

Director: Rob Ruggiero
Scenic Design: Marcelo Martínez García
Costume Design: Joseph Shrope
Lighting Design: John Lasiter
Sound Design: Germán Martínez


production photos

By Mike Marques


costume renderings


reviews

The costumes by Joseph Shrope are uncannily appropriate, with the added benefit that even the stage hands (who appear during the scene changes) are similarly clad in uniforms befitting garbage workers.
— Zander Opper, CT Critics Circle, Blog
Joseph Shrope’s costume design is a bold and clean cross between proper uniform and a souped-up fit you might see some Gen Z-er sporting in homage to sanitation workers and a recyclable way of life. This, intercut with outside of work clothes that highlights Danny and Marlowe’s personalities and circumstances, giving nuanced identities to workers who sometimes feel invisible in their day to day.
— Kimolee Eryn, Blog
The amazing set design by Marcelo Martínez Garcia, with authentic costumes by Joseph Shrope and lighting design by John Lasiter present a unified vision of the garbage-laden streets of New York City.
— Jarice Hanson, In The Spotlight