Compiled by Emma Healy Current as at 10/4/2018 Good People | Lighting Designer
p. 0448 468 568 |e. [email protected] Page 1/2
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SEASON OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PLAYS
LIGHTING EXTRACTED LIST
Version 1
NB: Text in italics indicates stage directions from the play. Text in “quotations” indicates spoken words from the play.
ACT SCENE PAGE REFERENCE NOTES/REACTIONARY
ACT I
I
1 5 Start of scene – Alley behind dollar store, dumpster Shadows – light filtered through between buildings.
Fluorescent/neon lights from buildings 18 End of scene – Lights out
2
19 Start of scene - Margaret’s kitchen, the next morning Morning light through the windows
Alternately – incandescent light sources only
Comes in from the next room Lights in this external room
20 A TV suddenly blares from the next room Lights from the other room and the TV 39 End of scene – Lights out
3
40 Start of scene - Lights up Medical office – stark incandescent light
42 “…this weekend…March 22nd” Start of spring - lights to reflect the end of winter/start of spring
73 End of scene - Lights out
4 74 Start of scene – Basement of a church All interior lights, incandescent
Potential stained glass window, candles 103 End of scene – Lights out
Compiled by Emma Healy Current as at 10/4/2018 Good People | Lighting Designer
p. 0448 468 568 |e. [email protected] Page 2/2
*THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
SEASON OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PLAYS
LIGHTING EXTRACTED LIST
Version 1
NB: Text in italics indicates stage directions from the play. Text in “quotations” indicates spoken words from the play.
ACT SCENE PAGE REFERENCE NOTES/REACTIONARY
ACT II
II
1
105
Start of scene – Lights up on a …living room…part of a foyer that leads to front door… doorways and corridors lead off to… the kitchen, the dining room… staircase that leads up to the bedroom.
Lights on/from external spaces
Early evening, say around 7 or so.
Evening lights – incandescent inside, mild blues from outside
Potential for change throughout scene - more contrast between interior incandescent and exterior blues as night falls
193 End of scene – Lights out
2
194 Start of scene – Church basement Same location as ACT I, Sc. 4 202 End of scene – the lights slowly fade Margaret’s last line “I hope so”
