‘A Quick 5’ with Kaitlyn Pietras, Projection Designer for ‘Mother Road’ at Arena Stage

Maryland Theatre Guide: I had a chance to interview Kaitlyn Pietras who designed projections for the production. For those of you who do not know what that is, here is a little insight. Theatrical projection design formerly meant a slide show or a design on a wall. Today in the age of the computer, projection design allows theatre companies to make multiple scene changes, create nighttime or daytime skies, and a multitude of other effects that were only dreams when this writer began her theatrical training in the 1960’s.