A dear old friend of mine introduced me at a production meeting as "That Famous Polish Lighting Designer" and we all chuckled. During the production the crew gave me a pen/desk set with the engraving TFPLD. As the internet came into popular culture i needed an email addy. I tried 4 different names and on my last chance i looked at my pen/desk set and said of course "TFPLD"

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

"Precious Little" for City Theatre 2011

Originally on first reading i was not "touched" by this play.  This was not a world premiere but we were the first real full production.  As some rewrites happened and we got closer to production i started to become quite interested in the play.  During the technical rehearsals I really fell in love with the writing.  We had a multi locale play and it was dependent on sound, light, costuming, and staging to make it work. I would say we were pretty successful and had a great experience working on this play.




"Louder, Faster" for City Theatre 2011

This was a world premiere.  I had designed jeff hatcher plays before.  I had designed an eric simonson play before.  I worked with eric as a director before.  I had designed the other eric and jeff collaboration.  So it was like working with old friends.  This play has a lot of humor and some very funny characters.  Fortunately this world premiere had only one location and was a comedy which made my life much simpler than the norm.




"Long Story Short" for City Theatre 2008

This was a world premiere co-production between City Theatre and TheatreWorks in Palo Alto. The pictures are from the City Theatre production.  The production out in Palo Alto was a little different.  There was no ceiling. I wish i had some pictures from that version.  It looked very similar but would be great for you to see the minor difference.  The musical is based off a play called "The infinite heartbreak".  It is a interesting story of a couple whose life plays out on the night of their first date.  We are in the bedroom of the couple's residence for the entire story.