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University of Pittsburgh Stages
Director: Niffer Clarke
Musical Director: Becki Toth

Set Design: Laura Valenti
Lighting Design: TJ Hays
Costume Design: Kyle Huber

Photos: Laura Valenti & Pitt Stages

"Laura Valenti’s scenic design paired with TJ Hays’ lighting design creates a memorably remarkable stage. The set is clearly a house. However, Valenti thoughtfully chooses a color palette of sterile white and unfeeling gray that Hays outlines with harsh fluorescents to heighten the institutional feel...The house is a home, but the institutional lighting beautifully highlights the ways in which mental illness is not confined to a hospital or doctor’s office."
- 'Burgh Vivant
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