3/5/2026
Work on Angle Exercise. angle exercise worksheet (handed out in class, link is in case you need an extra copy) Reminder, how to read an architects scale. Angle exercise due 3/12/2026. Attend A Little Night Music. Your review of the show will be due on Canvas 3/24/2026
3/3/2026
Read the The Image of Light Chapter 12 & The Lighting Key Chapter 13 in the Gillette text.
2/26/2026
Detroit “67 last weekend, review due 3/3/2026. Submit on Canvas. Review Design Review Info (Helpful notes). Read Chapter 4 “LENSES, LAMPS, REFLECTORS, AND LIGHTING INSTRUMENTS” in the Gillette text. Review Lighting Instruments & Fixtures.
2/19/2026
Quiz 2 this weekend (2/20 – 2/23/2026) Quiz covers Color & Electricity. Review Electricity and Power at Theatrical Design Interactive. Upcoming assignment will require the Architects Rule and Triangles called for in the syllabus. Detroit ’67 opens Friday, 2/20/26. You will need to see the show and write a review (Due 3/3/2026). Read Design Review Info (Helpful notes).
2/12/2026
Read Chapter 2, LIGHTING PRODUCTION TEAM in Gillette text. Read Typical Job Description. Review interview with Broadway Lighting Designer – The Lighting Designer (Career Guides) (link to video interview)
2/10/2026
1st Photo for Thursday 2/12/2026. Review Guide to Color Filters. Review these color docs: Color & Color Plates (Color wheels and relationships). Read Chapter 3 “ELECTRICAL THEORY and PRACTICE” in Gillette text & Electrical Basics
2/5/2026
1st Lighting Moment blog entry due Friday 2/6/2026. Read Chapter 8 “COLOR” in Gillette text.
Quiz 1 this weekend. Quiz covers Functions and Qualities of light, Jones’ “Light and Shadow in the Theater”, Elements of Design/Principles of Composition, Functions of the Eye, and lecture. (Quiz available 2/6- 2/9/2026, must be taken by end of day Monday)
2/3/2026
Answer this question – “What is limelight?” Look up and be prepared to discuss the following people; Sebastiano Serlio, Nicola Sabbatini, Richard Wagner, Adolph Appia & Stanley McCandless. Why might they be important for lighting class?
1/29/2026
Come prepared to answer this question with researched justification – “Who invented the light bulb?” Read “Principles of Composition” at Stage Lighting Primer.
1/27/26
Verify that you can log in to this website. Change Password. Research and find out who Robert Edmund Jones is. Read Jones: Light & Shadow. Read Chapter 1, Designing with Light, Gillette. Read “Functions & Qualities of light from here: Theatrical Lighting Design (Interactive Online Course). Watch this video: The Lighting Designer (Career Guides) (link to video interview). Download and install ETC Software & Light Lab, LxFree Software & Beamwright Software.