The Thugs

new york university role: lighting designer

An office becomes a capitalist surveillance state in this hyper-stylized live production of Adam Bock’s dark comedy. 

My design was an aesthetic embodiment of corporate dominance, defining and controlling the space through form, color, and contrast. Sharp beam-cuts, light sculptures, and unconventional instrumentation became an architecture of surveillance. 

In this way the lighting operated as its own character in the story, enacting the will of the faceless bosses and commanding submission from the helpless office workers.

Director: Tate Rehklau Lighting Designer: Nina Attinello Scenic Designer: Marijke Siberman Sound Designer: Lilith Hurley Projection Designer: Nick Sanchez Costume Designer: Chris Moseley

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