William Faulkner's Fly By Night

This dark romance of Fly By Night is placed in the midst of the 1965 blackout that affected areas in the northeast, most notably, New York, known as . A love triangle is set out between two sisters finding their way in New York city, and a man trying to get by after the recent passing of his mother. A total of 7 characters created an entangled web that forces them all to cross paths which lead to love, death, and the mysteries of what could have been.

Walking through the doors to the pre-show lighting and set was just beautiful. There was a chaotic set, which standard house lamps strung about the stage amongst chairs, a bed, tables, and miscellaneous other items. Behind all of this, they had created an orchestra pit. At first sight, all these items seem to just take up space but throughout the course of the show, the set comes to life and is manipulated to become different places. Above the stage were light bulbs scattered and stretching out into the audience, The set was designed with a purpose, and it all came into play at some point in the show. …show more content…
The timing of the light changes were just elegant, as seen when Harold, played by Benjamin Tissell, walks through the set and the house lamps create a walkway, turning on and off with every step. I can imagine the making of this to be very complicated and tedious but was amazingly executed. Beings this show was targeted towards an older audience, assuming by the time period, I would have suggested taking the brightness down in the closing scene, where lights were pointed directly into the audience and brought up to what seemed full brightness. I felt that was not the best move, and made it really difficult to see for quite a few seconds