La Casa Azul takes place in Pilsen, Chicago in 2001 & 2016. The story centers Chantico, a daughter & sister, who wants more than what life has left her with. The play is about longing, loneliness and gentrification. For the design, I wanted Act 1 to be more colorful, having that warm lamp light gives off. Then there is a major shift in Act 2 to a more fluorescent white & bland look to reflect the gentrification that's taken place. The Ahuiateteo were shadowy, mysterious figures so I wanted to portray that with lighting in colors, that help convey the intensity of emotions felt in the moment. This project was my very first time doing light design for a show, and what's more (as you can see in the pictures) this show was done over zoom, in multiple rooms. In order to follow COVID-19 guidelines each actor had their own room and thus their own lighting. This was quite a challenge as each room handled the lighting differently, so I could never get them all looking quite the same. The fixtures I had utilized were 6" Fresnels, Source Four PARs, Source Fours, & ETC Colorsource PARs. The biggest inventory we had of all of them were the Fresnels, so I used those for the washes in the main theatre, while using the Source Four PARs in the dressing rooms. The Colorsource were for LED Ahuiateteo looks, while the Source Fours were used for gobo looks.