The Minutes, The Hours, The Daze; An Exploration of Lighting Design Amid The Poly-Pandemic

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to document the design process for the theoretical lighting design of the production of The Minutes by Tracy Letts, and comparing it to the realized production process and lighting design by Brian MacDevitt which made it’s Broadway debut at Studio 54 in April 2022 while exploring the historical and cultural context by which both the story and the storyteller are framed.This thesis provides the following: Explorations in Vectorworks and Augment3D, physical lighting studies, digital lighting studies, explorations in digital rendering, production photos, visual research, a full set of original renderings which details the creation process, a full drafting package including supplemental paperwork- instrument schedule, channel hookup, and shop order.