Howdy all!
I am directing Wait Until Dark for our local community theatre.  All the sets that I have seen have the blinds on stage left, the landing to the hall upstage and the bedroom door on stage right. I think that the set was designed this way for strong sr to sl crosses to the kitchen area.  Unfortunately, with the way our stage is laid out in the former baptist church we own, the design would work out better being exactly opposite.  That is to say, the blinds/street would be on stage right, and the bedroom door on stage left.

I wanted to start a discussion of pros and cons to this reversed set design.  Anyone have any thoughts?

I'm kind of wondering if that 'traditional' set layout is that way because of the 1967 movie.  In any event, as a set designer/builder, I'm often 'mixing things up' if for no other reason than to give it a fresh look and a way to express MY creativity (and maybe to confuse the occasional dim-witted actor who HAS to say, "But the stage directions say to exit stage RIGHT!").  It all has to work with the story being presented, of course, but nothing says it HAS to be one certain way.  Actors aren't the only ones who can be creative in a show, so go for it.  Make it work for YOUR venue.