I’ve never gotten a chance to light a show, and it occured to me tonight that I still want to do so. I took a lighting design class my last semester of college, and I’ve run light boards on various productions, but the last time I did anything with hanging and focusing lights was in high school. I’ve never had a chance yet to actually hang a light plot that I’ve designed and see if it works.

I don’t expect I’ll be in a position to direct a show any time soon. With my minimal recent acting experience I probably won’t find myself acting in one, either. But lighting — that I could do. And it doesn’t need to be incredibly elaborate. One of the best examples I’ve seen was a show at Brandeis that was lit by at most ten instruments, and turned out great. I also was board op on a show lit by 60 or 70, and it turned out awful.

So perhaps I’ll put that on my list of things to accomplish.