Tuacahn Center for the Arts
Director: Sarah Hartmann
Choreography: Bill Burns
Scenic Design: Clayton Dombach
Costume Design: Ricky Lurie
Lighting Design: Rob Siler
Video Design: Aaron Rhyne
Sound Design: Josh Liebert
Stage Management: AJ Sullivan
Assistant Lighting Design: Ally Reichard
Lighting Programmer: Will Elphingstone
Production Electrician: Kyle McCoy
May-October 2024
photo credit: Leavitt Wells
“Lighting design by Rob Siler also succeeds in first-rate storytelling throughout the production, particularly through the use of a pink lighting that occurs in dream-like moments, and moments of idealism and love. The first time I noticed this flood of luxurious yet soft light was in the bridge of “In My Dreams,” after Anya moves from mentioning her traumatic formative years
and begins to talk about her deepest desires: home, love, and family. It appeared again when Dimitry starts to explain tender memories with his father, causing pink to wash over the palace backdrop. Lastly, when Dimitri sings “Everything to Win”, the stage turns pink as his thoughts turn to the women he loves…then, drastically, the pink is expelled as Anya enters the stage, furious, threatening to end his precious dream. This pink feels like spring flowers after a seemingly unending winter or a rustic sunset at the end of a long and tired day, perfectly representing how it feels to desperately fight for your dreams through hardship.”
and begins to talk about her deepest desires: home, love, and family. It appeared again when Dimitry starts to explain tender memories with his father, causing pink to wash over the palace backdrop. Lastly, when Dimitri sings “Everything to Win”, the stage turns pink as his thoughts turn to the women he loves…then, drastically, the pink is expelled as Anya enters the stage, furious, threatening to end his precious dream. This pink feels like spring flowers after a seemingly unending winter or a rustic sunset at the end of a long and tired day, perfectly representing how it feels to desperately fight for your dreams through hardship.”
-Utah Theater Bloggers Association
