And Then They Came For Me
freeFall Theatre freeFall Studio Theatre St. Petersburg, FL
Lighting design for the 2026 production of And Then They Came For Me at freeFall Theatre, directed by Eric Davis.
About the Lighting Design
The entire lighting design centered on isolation. Precisely executed shutter cuts created tight pools of light around individual characters and small groups, mirroring the emotional and physical isolation at the heart of the play. The shutter work was dynamic; cuts would shift and breathe with the performers as their isolation deepened. The backbone of the design was the ETC Lonestar, graciously provided by ETC as demo units for the theatre.
The color palette stayed stark and cold from the first cue to the last. Warmth and color appeared only in moments of hope, primarily when Anne Frank was on stage or speaking about the future. The warmth wasn’t decoration. It was the only place where hope was allowed to show.
Every cue was either reinforcing isolation or breaking it.
- Playwright
- James Still
- Director
- Eric Davis
- Music Director
- Michael Raabe
- Scenic Designer
- Eric Davis
- Costume Designer
- Eric Davis
- Lighting Designer
- Mike Wood
- Sound Designer
- Eric Davis
- Projection Designer
- Eric Davis
- Assistant Lighting Designer
- Mack Scales
- Master Carpenter
- James Putnam
- Scenic Painter
- Julia Rifino
- Sound Engineer
- Nathan Doyle
- Master Electrician
- Trenten Szabo
- Production Electrician
- Trenten Szabo
- Lighting Shop
- Christie Lites (Rep: Brad Gray )
- Production Stage Manager
- Daniel LeMien
- Artistic Associate
- Julia RifinoJames Putnam
About the Show
And Then They Came for Me is a multimedia play that weaves videotaped interviews with Holocaust survivors Ed Silverberg and Eva Schloss with live actors recreating scenes from their lives during World War II. Ed was Anne Frank's first boyfriend and she wrote about him in the beginning of her now-famous diary. Eva Schloss was the same age as Anne Frank and lived in the same apartment building in Amsterdam, and her family went into hiding the same day as the Frank family.
Source: Dramatic Publishing
Cast
Evan Fineout as PappyDavid B. Friedman as Heinz / Ed's FatherNoa Friedman as Young EvaArielle Beth Klein as MuttiCameron Kubly as Young EdElizabeth Meckler as Anne / Ed's Mother
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