Indigo

When her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Beverly and her husband Rick open their home to care for her. While adjusting to their new circumstances, Beverly’s daughter Emma – a non-speaking autistic teenager with synaesthesia – unexpectedly crashes back into her life. Her arrival forces Beverly and Rick to confront the past and learn whether they can become the family Emma so desperately needs.

The lighting design (along with the video design) helps bring the audience along for the ride,  representing Emma’s synaesthesia onstage. As the intensity of Emma’s experience rises, the lighting is right there with it. And when its time for the final cathartic fly-out cue, can you guess what color it is?