The lighting design of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in conjunction with the scenic design, imagines a forgotten and overgrown forest drained of all hope. Feeling dark and dreary as the King, Queen, and nymphs discover the death of the forest, the Changeling and their warmth is a reminder of the hope that once was and could be again. As the forest transitions from decay to rebirth, light becomes both the pulse and the poetry of the world onstage, a visual metaphor for healing and regeneration.