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The Royale

Tryon Festival Theatre at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana, Illinois

The Team:

Director: Tyrone Phillips

Scenic Design: Alyssa Thompson*

Lighting Design: Yingman Tang*

Costume Design: Meici Yang

Sound Design: Nick Yovina*

Photos by: Darrel Hoemann

Properties Head: Charles Pascale

Media Designer: Danielle Monet

Visual Artist: Nikko Washington

*Indicates USITT Member

“The Royale is a boxing play made to be in a black box, but we staged it in a huge proscenium theatre. Our biggest challenge was making the audience feel the intimacy of a boxing ring. As a lighting designer, I focused on making the lighting bold and flexible. There were many lighting cues that were executed along with the boxers’ actions. I also incorporated a huge lighting wall (we called it a matrix) that appeared with fog in front of the audience in the last transition as our scenery panels moved. This is one of my proudest moments as a designer, as it shocked the audience, woke them up, and involved them in the scene.”

-Yingman Tang, Lighting Designer