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 color 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 color temperature. By using the 2700K-6500K type of the QolorFLEX High CRI LED Tape, they were able to control the color within the 2700K-3800K temperature range with great flexibility. As the play became more serious, they made the light color 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 color 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