The Roommate
Florida Studio Theatre Keating Theatre Sarasota, FL
Lighting design for the 2016 production of The Roommate at Florida Studio Theatre, directed by Gavin Cameron-Webb.
About the Lighting Design
The Roommate was a study in realism. Lex Liang’s unit set was a single interior, simple and beautiful, and the design’s job was to make it feel like a real house across a real day. Practical sources carried the interior. The cyc visible through the window and patio carried time of day across the show, shifting through morning, afternoon, dusk, and night without ever calling attention to itself.
The one theatrical move came near the end: A wall that had read as solid all show was revealed to be scrim, exposing a character behind it on the phone. Crucially, the moment didn’t break the show’s lighting language. The magic came from revelation, not from a shift into concert territory. The wall bled through while the world stayed grounded.
- Playwright
- Jen Silverman
- Director
- Gavin Cameron-Webb
- Scenic Designer
- Lex Liang
- Costume Designer
- Lex Liang
- Lighting Designer
- Mike Wood
- Assistant Lighting Designer
- Ryan Finzelber
About the Show
Sharon, in her mid-fifties, is recently divorced and needs a roommate to share her Iowa home. Robyn, also in her mid-fifties, needs a place to hide and a chance to start over. As Sharon begins to uncover Robyn's secrets, they encourage her own deep-seated desire to transform her life completely. A dark comedy about what it takes to re-route your life—and what happens when the wheels come off.
Source: Concord
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Press
More than a female version of 'The Odd Couple' because Jen Silverman takes the premise seriously and follows it through to non-cutesy consequences.