Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight
Begins & Ends with A - Brea Curtis Theatre 2024
Project Details
Nominated for best lighting design
Orange Curtain Review - 2024
Orange County Theatre Guild - 2025
Emilie is a beautifully crafted female centric historical drama. Lighting plays a key role in this show almost as a "character" itself stopping our main character from interacting directly with the story being told of her life and instead forcing her to instead only be an observer.
From the start of the production process there was a lot of discussion about how we can break between the story itself and characters "breaking the 4th wall" to speak directly to the audience. A lot of these moments were highlighted with changes in lighting to clearly communicate the change.
Project information
- CategoryPlay - Drama
- Client Begins and Ends with "A"
- scenic design Colin Lawrence
- costume design Aja Bell
- projection designJon Infante
- directed by Amanda Hallman