Lighting Design by Leigh Henderson

Carnegie Mellon School of Drama (Pittsburgh, PA), May 1998

By Pearl Cleage

Directed by Tiffany Trent

Flyin’ West embraces the story of a family of African-American women homesteading in Kansas in 1898, as they face the challenges of frontier life, racism, and domestic violence.

The lighting design plays with warm and cool white light, evoking natural light sources like candlelight and moonlight. The simplicity of the lighting design complements the translucent photorealistic scrim portraits that pay tribute to the real women who inspired the play’s characters.