There is more to good light than just flipping a switch
Friday, March 30, 2012
Written by: Tim Schoon
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Every theatre production has light, but have you ever stopped to think about how it got there?

Iowa Now went behind the scenes to take a look at the process of installing the lighting for the Department of Theatre Arts' Mainstage play Big Love, which runs through April 14 in the David Thayer Theatre in the Theatre Building.

Click on the thumbnails below to see the light.

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Shawn Maxwell works with a light.
Shawn Maxwell pulls a wheeled rack of lights.
Caitlin Dorset stands on a catwalk with lights.
Alex Igram clamps a light into place.
Caitlin Dorset clamps a light into place.
Alex Igram checks a light.
Lighting crew looks at a power cord.
Morgan Miller drops a gel over a light.
Jess Fialko gives direction to the lighting crew.
Daisy McKinlay drops a blue gel over a light.
Jess Fialko looks up at the light from the set.
A shot of the steel cable grid that runs over the entire theatre.
A ceiling full of lights of varying colors.
Jess Fialko watches dress rehearsal.
Two actors on stage lit with blue light.