The Time of Your Life
San Diego Repertory Theatre
Directed by
Sam Woodhouse
Design
The San Diego Rep’s production of The Time of Your Life was produced in the converted church the Rep used for a theatre until 1986. The lighting was designed to create a contrast between the friendly safe outer facade of the bar and the tension that was ever present just below the surface. Warm, comfortable colors were used, but the angle of the light was always out of sync with the location. Small movements were intensified by lighting angles. When Joe, the quiet regular, finally pulls a gun, his action is slow and deliberate, but as he levels the gun it passes through a bright light from above. The gun appears to have jumped into his hand. This was typical of how lighting was used to create the sense of tension.