Lighting design by Tao Wang

The Royale

PlayMakers Repertory Company · 2025

A white spotlight isolates a boxer on the red ring floor. Elsewhere, amber bulbs and blue light bring the ropes and metal framework into view.

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A boxer raises both arms in a white spotlight on a red floor, with two violet fans behind him. — Galen Ryan Kane in The Royale. Photo by HuthPhoto, courtesy of PlayMakers Repertory Company.

Lighting the ring

In the rendering, blue and amber beams cross above small pools of light. In the production photograph, the figure stands in silhouette between rows of amber bulbs and a bright blue light.

Blue and amber beams rake across the boxing ring above red and gold pools of light. — Lighting atmosphere rendering by Tao Wang.

A figure in silhouette stands by the ropes, framed by blue light and vertical rows of amber bulbs. — Blue and amber lighting in performance. Photo by HuthPhoto.

Trailer and review

PlayMakers’ production page includes a trailer and a behind-the-scenes feature. Triangle Review discusses the shifting pools of light in the ring.

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Production credits

Lighting design: Tao Wang
Playwright: Marco Ramirez
Director: Vivienne Benesch
Scenic design: Yi-Hsuan (Ant) Ma
Costume design: Sabrina Guillaume-Bradshaw
Sound design: Daniel Baker
Movement direction: Christopher Windom
Stage manager: Sarah Smiley
Production photography: HuthPhoto

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