Enterprisesystemsolutionsnowadayscommonlyadopt amulti-layered system architecture, with separatelayersforpresentation, controller, application, domain, andpersistence.
On NYLA's wide and shallow stage, outfitted for the occasion with a front curtain to give the appearance of a proscenium, and set austerely as if against a low horizon (by Akiko Iwasaki, who also designed the costumes), "Bell" unfolds more as a patchwork than as an authoritatively layered or structured presentation.