Lighting Observation #9
1.) Sunday Feb. 27th 2011, 1:00 P.M. Adams Playhouse stage.
2.) Side light from the wings during rehearsal.
3.) In an attempt to approximate the amount of light during a particular speech, Royston had the stage management turn off allĀ the stage worklights, leaving on only the worklights in the wings, and the ghost light off stage right. This created a creepy simultaneous sidelight, and since everyone onstage was perfectly in profile, their faces were heavily accented. It accomplished making the actors feel uncomfortable, and from an audience perspective it looked cold and otherworldly, which I think is the goal for the actual lighting during that moment of the play.