GOLD 

LIGHTING DESIGNER

  The UC College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Idea Lab is a collaborative cross disciplinary class involving students and faculty from Theatre Design and Production (Sound, Lighting and Technical Direction), Acting, Musical Theatre, Voice and Electronic Media. The lab creates short projects exploring technical, artistic and philosophical questions. “Gold” started with a conversation around engagement and connection. We are used to having an audience to engage with and the loss is palpable. The production team wanted to explore creating an environment where that connection could be explored in different ways — by seeing the connection between musicians, by using a 360 camera to put a viewer in the middle of the performance, and by creating an enclosed environment that was like a bubble of connectedness with a small group.




The production team wanted to explore creating an environment where that connection could be explored in different ways — by seeing the connection between musicians, by using a 360 camera to put a viewer in the middle of the performance, and by creating an enclosed environment that was like a bubble of connectedness with a small group.



- Sharon Huizinga, Theater Design and Production Faculty Advisor
- Jason Bowden, Lighting Design and Technology student
- Ian Macintosh, Lighting Design and Technology student
- Natalia Carlson, Lighting Design and Technology student
- Maya Hughes, Lighting Design and Technology student
- Haruka Iihoshi, Sound Design and Technology student
- Sedona Isch, Technical Direction student
- Justin Levine, Technical Direction student
- Monica Walker, Technical Direction student
- Mallory Bruno, Stage Management student

- Vince DeGeorge, Musical Theatre Faculty Advisor
- Jeffery Cornelius, Musical Theatre student
- Nate Jones, Musical Theatre student
- Nick Pattarini, Musical Theatre student
- Annalise Prentiss, Musical Theatre student
- Grace Rusnica, Musical Theatre student