Lighting Observation #9

04/04/2026 4pm at chess the musical
There’s a large square glowing white surrounding the cast as the climax rises and they’re all bathed in various whites and greens. The thing I notice that blows my socks off is the square white light that the two players are standing in.
There’s a lot happening at this time but it genuinely shocks me to my core looking at the white lights, perfectly shuttered to make a square on the ground that envelops the chess players. The whole show I’ve been craving some physical imagery of the chess board or at least a checkered pattern of some kind so the fact that they saved the square frame coming all the way down and the square lights until the final climax shook me to my core. It’s such a small detail but it feels similar to the color starvation we spoke about in class, how being deprived of something makes it’s impact so much more important.

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