Lighting for Outdoor Theater
1:58
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: A lighting technician with the Saint Louis Shakespeare Festival shares insights, challenges, and opportunities in lighting design for their annual outdoor production.
Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Theatre-64**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- Lighting a stage is an important part of having a successful production. In advance of viewing this segment, have students brainstorm what they expect to be the most challenging part of lighting for outdoor theater. Were they correct or surprised by what the lighting technician said in the segment?
*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
