Even before the designing can begin, inspiration must be found for the designers to find an entry point into the visual world of the play they are creating. Below is lighter designer Michael Ekema-Nardella's words on how he began to find the lighting world for Sylvia.
After reading the play I was immediately drawn to impressionist paintings for my research. Impressionists can so well show us something that we all know and allow us to see it in a new and different way, just like the world of the play. While gathering images I noticed how colors were used in many different ways. One painting may be done in mostly pastel and pale colors while others were vibrant and exploding with deep rich colors. From those differences I was able to form what the world of the play looks like. Greg and Kate are stuck in a world of little color and Sylvia helps to bring color back into their lives. When Greg meets Sylvia his world begins to fill with color, and as he becomes more infatuated with her the more colorful his world becomes. Sylvia represents color in Greg and Kate's fading world.
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