“Upon seeing the designs for the set — a collaboration between Torres’s mother, Tita, and sister Marta — [production designer Michael Krantz] said it looked like “a set designed by Ettore Sottsass of an evil laboratory for an episode of MIAMI VICE.” The original plan was too elaborate to realize in the amount of time they had. “There was an area behind him that had, like, a little room. There was a reflecting pool. There were other shapes and bits of geometry that were hanging,” he said. “There were amoebic-shaped platforms.” Krantz had to boil it down to the most essential parts: stairs, screen, conveyor belt. Despite all the moving parts, he was struck by the singular nature of Torres’s vision. “It’s such a wonderful, unique, and amazing show,” Krantz said. “I’d never worked on anything like it.”

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