Lighting Designer: Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew
Curiosity, hard work, and a taste for experimentation mark her work in lighting, projection, and puppetry.
Stories by Jerald Raymond Pierce
Take the Hell Out of Hell Week
Tech will always be hard work, but it doesn’t have to be inhuman.
A Casting Controversy Tangled Up in ‘Blood Knot’
American Players Theatre’s production of Athol Fugard’s play about mixed-race brothers has raised thorny questions about representation.
Charge of the LED Brigade
Tomorrow’s lighting technology is already here, though the changeover is not yet complete.
Yes, Lighting Design Has a Diversity Problem
Their instruments can evoke every color of the rainbow, but the designers are still overwhelmingly white and male.
Reuniting Slave Families Who’ve Been ‘Torn Asunder’
Nikkole Salter’s new play converts research to drama in exploring how African Americans healed their families post-slavery.
It’s All in the Game at VORTEX’s ‘Performance Park’
The Austin troupe’s new immersive piece offers audiences an interactive space to wander, watch, play—and reflect on the world.
Why Put These 2 Plays Together? Sound Reasons
At New Georges, ‘Sound House’ and ‘This Is the Color Described by the Time’ are linked in repertory by their audience-enveloping sound design.
