Actors Jeremy Strong and Sarah Goldberg in a scene of 'The Great
God Pan.' Joan Marcus  Each week in Curtain Raisers, we invite a
local theater artist to attend a show of his or her choosing and
discuss the results. On Friday the scenic designer Neil Patel
opted to see Amy Herzog's "The Great God Pan," directed by
Carolyn Cantor at Playwrights Horizons. A two-time Obie Award
winner, Mr. Patel's credits include "Side Man" and "Dinner with
Friends." Currently his scenic design can be seen in David Henry
Hwang's "Golden Child" and Quiara Alegria Hudes's 2012 Pulitzer
Prize winning play "Water by the Spoonful." Next up for Mr.
Patel: Lanford Wilson's "The Mound Builders," directed by Jo
Bonney, and Craig Lucas's "The Lying Lesson," directed by Pam
MacKinnon.  Scenic design is not unlike fashion design, said Mr.
Patel. "It's very much of its time."  Take "The Great God Pan,"
Amy Herzog's new play about a 32-year-old man (Jeremy Strong)
who learns that he may have been molested by a neighbor when he
was 4 years old