- Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha
- Directed by Eric Hill
- Scenic Design by Yoshi Tankura
- Costume Design by Marija Djordjevic
Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha opened with Herman Hesse remarking on daily life, this continued until he stumbled into a recollection of a dream he had which became his novel Siddhartha. From this point the play occurred in Hesse's subconscious as he discovered the story of Siddhartha. I designed the beginning of the play with a warm interior light which established a naturalistic style; this was quickly obliterated by the highly symbolic lighting of Hesse's subconscious realm. The whole stage was bathed in vividly pure blue where the thoughts of Hesse floated in and out of focus. As Hesse would recall a specific memory, those characters involved entered and the light changed to represent the setting he was describing. For the second movement, Hesse began to entertain human indulgences; this change was reflected in the lighting by changing the subconscious light to a magenta. Finally, in the third movement Hesse became Siddhartha; this unifying event terminated all subconscious light, the stage was then bathed in tints of white symbolizing clarity and purity.
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