The Garbologist by Lindsey Joelle

At Gloucester Stage, Summer 2025

In Addition to mountains of trash, the script called for an assortment of strange items. Some (such as this taxidermy boars head) were selected by the creative team, while others (such as the Big Mouth Billy Bass) were explicitly called for by the script.

A majority of the props for this show were the bags and bags of garbage. We needed the bags to look full and have some heft and variety in shape— without them getting too heavy for the actors to throw over and over again. To accomplish the desired effect, I put a few cardboard boxes into a garbage bag, then filled the remaining space with crumpled up paper. In addition, some bags were filled with cloth scraps or pillows.