Wendy and the Neckbeards

by Kari Bentley-Quinn

Michigan State University, Lansing, MI - 2021

Director: Claire Wilcher, Lighting Design: Nicklas Casella, Scenic and Media Designer: Quinn Legge, Sound Design: Lucas Nunn, Costume Designer: Mona Jahani, Properties Master: Alexis/Leroy Misiak, Stage Manager Maris Keller, Dramaturg: Maya Joyce

Wendy and the Neckbeards is a new play about Wendy, a high school girl trying to be a fashion influencer while dealing with internet trolls and Chad, an internet troll who finds himself tumbling further down the rabbit hole of reddit

The lighting concept for this show was to bring the feeling of the internet to the stage with colors that represented the sites being used such as Instagram and convey the emotional state of the characters in these spaces.

Photos by Josh Auten and Lane Straub