Constellations
Theatreworks Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS Colorado Springs, CO
Lighting design for the 2016 production of Constellations at Theatreworks, directed by Joye Cook-Levy.
About the Lighting Design
Scenic designer Lex Liang built a space whose primary visual texture was points of light: a constellation pattern, invented for the show rather than mapped from real stars. The lighting design had to make those points read as both atmosphere and architecture.
The rig was deliberately low-tech: conventional fixtures and gel, no movers. The work was in isolation and the intimacy and confinement that comes from carving two actors out of an otherwise dark stage. Each scene found its own scale through the size of the lit space around them. The constellation pattern carried the rest of the aesthetic.
- Playwright
- Nick Payne
- Director
- Joye Cook-Levy
- Scenic Designer
- Lex Liang
- Costume Designer
- Stephanie Bradley
- Lighting Designer
- Mike Wood
- Sound Designer
- Jason Ducat
- Associate Lighting Designer
- Ryan Finzelber
- Production Electrician
- Eric Grosenbach
- Stage Manager
- Alex Pingrey
- Technical Director
- Jerry Ditter
- Producing Director
- Tim Muldrew
About the Show
Nick Payne's play about free will and friendship; it's about quantum multiverse theory, love and honey. Constellations investigates humanity from every different angle through the eyes of Marianne, a quantum physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper. With infinite moments that can change the trajectory of a life, the play explores how even the smallest change in our lives can dramatically alter the course we take.
Source: Concord
Cast
Patrick Toon as RolandCarly Cornelius as Marianne