CLEANSED
BY SARAH KANE
DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA AT YALE 2023-24 SEASON
Premiere: Jan. 2024
Company: Yale University, David Geffen School of Drama
Venue: University Theater
Director: GARRETT ALLEN
Scenic Designer: GEORGE ZHOU
Costume Designer: REA J. BROWN
Sound Designer: MINJAE KIM
Lighting Designer: SUNG, YUNG-HUNG
Photo Credit: YUNG-HUNG SUNG
Company: Yale University, David Geffen School of Drama
Venue: University Theater
Director: GARRETT ALLEN
Scenic Designer: GEORGE ZHOU
Costume Designer: REA J. BROWN
Sound Designer: MINJAE KIM
Lighting Designer: SUNG, YUNG-HUNG
Photo Credit: YUNG-HUNG SUNG
“I thought the design was really beautiful, the use of lighting especially,” said audience member and student Elliot Lee DRA ’26. “It was very emotionally effective.”
Lighting played a crucial role in the show, highlighting the extremity of the scenes. Stark-white lights filled up the Tinkers’s office, instilling a sense of unease, while moody purple and green lights set apart the Tinker and the sensual Woman he was infatuated with. Blinding, heavenly lights shone out toward the audience in the final scene as the only two surviving patients left the institution.
‘Cleansed’: a story of violence, grief and hope — YALE DAILY NEWS
