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I have recently just watched the play "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." This play was very interesting, and I thought it was even more interesting because this week we were also reading plays. I am currently in a theater lighting class, and so I have been studying the techniques of different lightings on different scenes. When reading these plays, I find myself thinking about what kind of lighting and what the scene would look like. "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" was a very interesting play. It had dreams thoughout it and so the lighting crew had to figure out had to make it seem like it was a dream without tell the audience straight out that it was. The technique we used was, to use a GOGO light, which makes it look like bubbles are flowing around in a circle giving the dream look. Also, when the actor was tell us his dream, he did not move or open his mouth, giving the audience the outlook that he isn't talking meaning it isn't real. I thought this was very important because it is very hard to show something like that without telling someone straight out and without having to do something extreme. Reading these plays has really made my mind wander and I'm really enjoying it.