Spring Awakening (Week 2, Blog 1)

I tried to think about lights that really make a statement, about a situation that proved what is always said in class: that lights can make or break the actors’ performance. When I was in high school I saw the show “Spring Awakening” during its first month of being on Broadway. Throughout the entire performance I felt as if we were sitting outside. It was like being in the country, away from the lovely pollution cloud that hovers above Los Angeles, where you can actually see the stars above you. The sides of the stage were lit up with [what I think were] fluorescents as well as boob lights that were literally in the shape of boobs. Neither of these resembles anything you’d find in the wilderness but somehow that’s where I felt I was. Paired with the play’s provocative content, the lights helped to create an uncomfortable, vulnerable vibe which put the audience all the more into the insecure minds of the teenage characters.