For Tony-nominated lighting designer Chris Akerlind, creating the complex effects of this unconventional lighting rig meant employing a comprehensive control console, ETC's new Eos. "The entire lightplot on 110 consists of some 200 fixed units and between 40 or 50 moving lights (VL 2000 wash units), 20 of which are committed to the lightbox," says Akerlind. "There were very limited hanging positions for the rest of the lighting rig. Next to no overhead existed - just one first-electric - and wing positions were largely obstructed by scenic trees."
The lighting of 110 is critical to the plot development, since changes in light progress the action from scene to scene, denoting the passage of time. "The Eos was key in driving the development of all the lighting looks," says Akerlind.
(Jim Evans)
