The North American Premier of Backborn, by Andras Visky. Directed by Stephanie Sandberg. Scenic Design by David Leugs, Costume Design by Amanda Ytzen, Lighting By Steve Hiben, Sound Design by David Schripsema and Julia Vander Molen. Produced by Calvin
Theatre Company, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. Photography by Leighanne Evelyn Sturgis. Lighting by me.
This is my first ever fully realized design for
theatre.
Play is a very eastern european piece about a Nameless Man who has been released from the concentration camps, and now struggles to believe in life. He is prepared to end his own life, and comes into a ritual space, where the ritual of his life plays out before him. The
play climaxes in total darkness (so no photos), and ends with God (or at least a divine being) rushing into the space in a burst of light. It was an incredibly difficult process, and we were changing things up until the show opened (thats pretty much how Eastern European
theatre is done, everything is up for change until the show opens). After the photo shoot, we got my 2 favorite lighting moments from the show, which is a
bit sad, but there are some great ones in the
gallery.
Rig (at time of shooting) was 19 HUI
cyc lights, 33 S4 50º, 3 S4 19º, 11 S4 36º, 3 S4 26º, 7 S4 70º, 24 6" Fresnelite, 4 L&E 6' MR-16 strips, 8 S4
PAR VNSP, 6 3" Fresnels, 4 PAR20s. Color from
Apollo and
Rosco. Gobos from
Apollo and
GAM.
Zenfolio | Leighanne Evelyn Photography | Backborn
http://www.leighanneevelyn.com/p507608147/h3faac67b#h257268f6
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Full
gallery is available for viewing there as well. Feel free to comment/critique (in fact, I would like that).