Andrew Hungerford

@luxtheatrum

Theatrical designer / director / storyteller. Astrophysics enthusiast. Recovering Artistic Director. I want to design all the plays. (Except Mamet & LaBute.) he/him also: @andrewh@mastodon.social | was hungerf9 @ bird site.

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Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jul 10

The little house next door to my former house in Cincinnati is for sale. I spent years tracking the seasons looking at the front garden through my kitchen window. I hope the new owner likes cats. (cc @csvich.bsky.social: I have so many cat photos from this yard!) www.redfin.com/OH/Cincinnat...

A fruit tree in bloom, nestled between 19th century houses.

A front garden in summer, with old stone retaining wall.

It's the same black and white cat, sitting on another part of the stone wall, surrounded by flowers.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jul 1

Video will finish uploading in ... about 12 hours.

A Vimeo upload screen for the v.o.d. version of The Luminous Dead.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 30

It is done!!!

My premiere window with a dialog box that says "Encoding FULL SHOW. Estimated time remaining 3 minutes, 4 seconds."

This estimated time was a lie, as it keeps going up rather than going down.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 25

Slow going today. About 1/4 of the way there. Each of these clips on this nested timeline is a multicam sequence with 2-3 cameras... so first I edited each of those multicam tracks to pick the best shots, and now I'm editing them into the final cut.

Premiere timeline for Act 2 of The Luminous Dead.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 23

Act 1 Complete! Now on to Act 2....

My premiere timeline! It's a little deceptive, because all of the multicam cuts are hidden in the green V1 track.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 19

So on The Luminous Dead, my rough cut was from a multicam source of a single performance. Now I'm editing in other takes in a more traditional way. It is less Clever than my strategy on TLC, but perhaps more effective since I don't have to contend with the bug that may or may not still exist.

It's my editing timeline in Premiere for The Luminous Dead!

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 17

And rough cut of Act 2 is done! I think the final edit of this half is gonna be a little more complicated, but that's a job for tomorrow.

My premiere editing window for Act 2 of The Luminous Dead.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 17

Rough cut of Act 1 of The Luminous Dead is complete! It's built entirely from footage from the 6/6 performance. There are a couple dozen inserts I want to do with shots from other performances, then final color grading to better match the different cameras. But first onto the rough cut of Act 2!

A screenshot of Adobe premiere where I'm working on the edit of The Luminous Dead.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 15

I'm currently processing footage, and hope to have a rough cut of The Luminous Dead by the end of the week. Wish me luck!

A screenshot of an Adobe Premiere window with a clip from The Luminous Dead highlighted.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 6

Running out of time to catch The Luminous Dead live onstage at @voxel.org . Two performances left, tonight at 8pm, tomorrow at 2pm. Get your tickets now! (Photo by @chris.ashworth.io )

Gyre's suit is about to power down. She's lying on the stage floor, helmet glowing red against a teal/grey backdrop.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 4

One of the cool challenges in adapting The Luminous Dead is crafting a space that can fully transform under light and projection. Here you can see a moment at Camp 2 where Gyre's suit's reconstruction of the chamber is incomplete. (Photo by scenic designer Sarah Beth Hall).

Gyre sits on a shelf with a false color projection of a cave behind her... Half of the projection is wire frame, the rest is more complete.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 2

One of my favorite photos of our show so far: Gyre tackles The Long Drop. Photo by @chris.ashworth.io / @voxel.org

Gyre is in a full environmental suit with glowing helmet, climbing across the stage as though down a wall, illuminated by shafts of light through haze.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Jun 1

Sometimes you have an idea for how something could look on stage and then you get to actually make it so. First performance of The Luminous Dead is tomorrow! voxel.org/events/lumin...

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· May 31

We had our first full dress run of The Luminous Dead tonight. More tech work and final dress on Sunday. Very excited to share this with audiences on Tuesday.

A photo of The Luminous Dead on stage! Gyre is in a caving suit with light up helmet contemplating horrors while a maybe ghost looks on.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· May 26

Scanning.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· May 26

Making a space cave at @voxel.org . (cc @caitlinstarling.com )

It's me walking around a dark theatre with a glowing helmet... Photo from above by Sarah Beth Hall.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· May 23

Luminous. As of tonight we have staged 80% of our play. Tomorrow we finish staging the show (and do costume fittings!) Tickets here: voxel.org/events/lumin...

The set in progress for The Luminous Dead with backdrop glowing blue from backstage lights that I will definitely use as part of the show light plot.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· May 22

Here I am testing the rigging for The Luminous Dead at the @voxel.org before rehearsing with actors. Get your tickets now! voxel.org/events/lumin...

It's me, a grey haired 40 something, suspended by a rope from the back point of a climbing harness in the middle of a theatre.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· May 14

Update: I have abandoned Unity in favor of Unreal Engine because I found a good cave tutorial. Trying to have something done by end of day tomorrow!

The Unreal editor interface where I am tracing over the cave map from The Luminous Dead with cubes before (hopefully) making it all pretty later.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· May 1

Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok at Chance Theater Directed by Oanh Nguyen. Set & Costumes by Fred Kinney & Mio Okada-Nunez. Lighting and Sound design by me. First preview tomorrow!

The characters B and G stand on a gloss back deck surrounded by fragmented siding of houses. There are a mix of missing posters on the back wall.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Apr 28

Making progress on the in helmet lighting system for Gyre. Wireless dmx is working, and the battery lasts longer than 2 hours! This is 12v LED tape at 20%, so I may go down to 5v tape and smaller batteries.

It's me, a forty something guy with grey stubble and glasses holding a halo of LED tape in front of my face. My nose is long enough that it extends into shadow.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Apr 23

In just 3 weeks(!) we start staging my adaptation of The Luminous Dead by @caitlinstarling.com in my Artist Residency at Voxel.org! Tickets on-sale now! voxel.org/events/lumin...

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Apr 17

A few details added for final preview. See if you can spot the differences!

The same spaceship set as in the quoted post, but with additional paint details in glyphs on the space doors and dimensional cross framing on the side windows.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Apr 15

Ready for liftoff. First preview for Space Pericles at Cincy Shakes. Directed by Brian Isaac Phillips. Set by me, lights by Watson, projections by Rob Stimmel, sound by @zackeryben.bsky.social .

The set for Pericles (in space). It's a spaceship cockpit onstage, a mashup of the design language for Star Wars, Alien, and Star Trek.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Apr 7

Many terrible things are happening, but here is our elder tiny dog to brighten your timeline.

It's Olivia, a nearly 16 year old bichy poo, tucked under a blanket looking Somewhat Concerned.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Mar 29

Seven years ago today I had the privilege of performing Nick Gill's Sand, directed by @scavengerjunta.bsky.social .

A 39 year old man in a sport coat and glasses (me) pauses for thought, lit from below by a vertical fluorescent tube visible at the left of the frame.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Mar 29

Antaeus has a cool library!

A library of theatre books at a theatre!

The walls are lined with bookshelves and there's a reading table in the center of the room.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Mar 28

Protest in the morning, theatre in the afternoon.

The playbill for All My Sons by Arthur Miller, directed by Oanh Nguyen at Antaeus Theatre.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Mar 11

Seriously.

It's an old UFO shaped Apple Airport Extreme.

Andrew Hungerford@luxtheatrum· Mar 10

Here's a portable cassette player for the low low price of $68 ($226 in 2026 dollars). It includes a separate FM tuner that goes in the cassette slot.