Designing Hellfire at Hale Centre Theatre—how lighting, flame, smoke, and automation worked together to pull the audience inside Frollo’s psychological descent and turn the room into fire itself.

A personal reflection by Jaron Kent Hermansen—Principal Lighting & Projection Designer and Head of Lighting & Video at Hale Centre Theatre—on the design process behind The Prince of Egypt. From projection-mapped rope to moving lights and working with automation, this is an inside look at the artistry and technology that shaped the production.