The iconic play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is one that is usually set in the living room of a university professor’s house, a drama that takes place over the course of one night within three acts.

For the 2020 Broadway revival, Scenic Designer Scott Pask’s set design included three practical lamps that would remain on stage throughout the show.

Lighting Designers Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer sought to align the colour temperature of the light from within the three practical lamps on the stage to the mood changes of the show.

After the show’s comedic first act, they sought to make the light temperature colder in the second act, to transition to tragedy and abuse within a marriage in a subtle visual way.

The lighting designers replaced the light bulbs in the table lamps with QolorFLEX HiQ High CRI LED Tape-wrapped wooden spindles in order to have precise control over the colour temperature. By using the 2700K-6500K type of the QolorFLEX High CRI LED Tape, they were able to control the colour within the 2700K-3800K temperature range with great flexibility. As the play became more serious, they made the light colour temperature colder, to 3500K in the second act. Through this method, they were able to create the look of A-19 LED light bulbs, with greater colour control.

“QolorFLEX HiQ High CRI LED Tape worked effectively to imitate a mood changing A-19.” - Jules Fisher + Peggy Eisenhauer, Lighting Designers, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Broadway

the back wall, behind the performers on stage. We wanted a bright neon sign that could change colour, and be able to tour with the show. QolorFLEX NuNeon gives us what we wanted and needed – something bright, and colourful, with the flexibility and durability to last through our upcoming tour. We can have the sign stand out, or recede, based on similar or contrasting light colour of the back wall. It is super bright, and really pops when we want it to. It gives us many layers of options.

- Ben Jacobson, Project Manager, Mystic Scenic Studios

“The challenge for this event was building smooth, compact lights into curved walls and precise signage to represent iconic brands. We used QolorFLEX NuNeon, Tunable White HiQ linear lighting and it worked out great.”

- Rowdy Hanson, Tech Department Manager, Pink Sparrow

Pink Sparrow's Los Angeles-based team had the opportunity to showcase their expertise in LED lighting products by creating a series of branded event signage and architectural accent lighting for the Marriott Bonvoy American Express | Back to Business event at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, for their client and designer, Karlitz & Co. The design encompassed smooth compact lighting to form to a curved wall, half round bars, and corporate logo-shaped neon signs with tight bends in cursive writing that could also be temperature adjusted to match the lighting at the venue. Find out how Rowdy Hansen and the Pink Sparrow team used QolorFLEX NuNeon®, Tunable White HiQ to meet their goals for a seamless installation that was event and camera-ready.