In the Broadway musical, A Strange Loop, when a doorway lights up, it represents the activation of the voice, or Thought, in the main character’s head. “The lighting has to nimbly transform as Usher confronts his six Thoughts as they emerge from the darkness and retreat—so the lighting is playing along with that head space,” explained LD Jen Schriever. Even though A Strange Loop is a minimalist show, “there was never a time I felt I couldn’t beautifully reveal the actors,” Schreiver adds. “I am always playing on that edge of popping actors into a bright showstopping number and then popping them back in the dark subliminal space.”
