![]() ![]() Paradoxically, the dark is what enables us to see the light. One has to be willing to turn off the house lights and, for just a moment, sit in the dark, waiting for that moment when the stage comes to life. They are grateful for the dark because they know the wonders of their lighting plans can only reveal themselves if it’s dark in the theater. And when the time comes to perform, they say, “Lights 1, ready lights 1, go!” and there is light. They write elaborate computer codes to control the lights, their hands dancing over the light board. ![]() They balance precariously on tall ladders to wrestle those ungainly Source Fours into position on the battens. My sons work the technical side of theater: building sets, managing rehearsals, and designing the lighting for shows. The bumper sticker on the back of the beat-up green Mini Cooper my kids drive reads, “Thank you, dark!” under a bank of what most people would call spotlights, but which I’ve learned are more precisely termed Source Fours.
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