Final Lighting Post

For my last lighting post, I figured it would be appropriate to write about the load-in/lighting process for the Drama 199 project I'm working on right now. I'm currently in Created, a new musical by UCI BFA and graduating senior, Amy Tilson-Lumetta, and we just began load-in yesterday. We are performing in the Robert Cohen and for the most part, a lot of things are already loaded in. There was a little bit of hanging of lights, more so focusing than anything. Once Morgan and Nina began focusing and adjusting lights, I was becoming more aware of the light sources that were not being adjusted, such as laptop and phone screens and their influence on the environment. When the lights were being adjusted in order to hit the scaffold, only a few lights were on in order to properly light it. In addition, because lighting is such a tedious process, there was down time for the cast that was there to hang out and wait until the next task. We used this time to be on our phones and laptops, which made me look around watch everyone for a moment. The light emitted from the adjusted lights was warm, while the light being projected onto the cast's faces was a cold, almost blue light. Because they were so transfixed on their phones, it seemed as though the light had them in a daze, in another world. It's crazy how even a lack of light can tell so much.

Created has shows June 11th and 12th in the Robert Cohen Theater.

Sign-ups will be on the callboard later this week. :)