Julius Caesar
The Lawrenceville School, February 2025
Director: Matthew Campbell
Scenic Design: Matthew Campbell
Costume Design: Vanessa Giannikas
Technical Director: Jared Goldenberg
As a high school junior, I was the lighting designer for The Lawrenceville School’s production of Julius Caesar. This was my first design in-the-round and I encountered some new challenges. For example, how do I light a stage, which is only 8 feet wide, without spilling too much light onto the audience?
I wrote an article for the school paper about my lighting design experience. To read it, click here.
Prologue: Conspirators reveled one by one
Act 1, Scene 2: The soothsayer gives Caesar his prophecy
Act 1, Scene 2
Act 1, Scene 3: I lit the scene from two lights, both in the same place. One was a gobo and one was a soft profile
Act 2, Scene 1: The conspirators come up with their plan
Act 3, Scene 1: Caesar speaks before his death; In the back, Casca prepares to stab him
Act 3, Scene 1: Caesar is stabbed
Act 3, Scene 1
Act 3, Scene 2: The public listens to Mark Antony speak at Caesar's funeral
Act 3, Scene 2: Mark Antony speaks with Octavius's messenger
Act 4, Scene 1
Act 4, Scene 2
Act 4, Scene 3: A tent made of semi-transparent fabric was set up in the middle of the stage; This scene was lit with top light and shin light
Act 5, Scene 1: The two sides confront each other
Act 5, Scene 3: The battle
Act 5, Scene 3: The battle
Act 5, Scene 4: Cassius asks Pindarus to kill him
Act 5, Scene 5: Solders reflect on the battle, their shadows cast across the stage
Act 5, Scene 5: Final moment of the show; Brutus lies dead in the middle
This is my final lighting plot for the show. Click for PDF download of full plot.