Indian Ink tells the story of Flora Crewe, an English poet that travels to India in 1930, meeting a local painter Nirad Das.Intertwined with this plotline, Stoppard tells the story from England in the mid-1980's as well, following Eldon Pike, a scholar researching Flora, as well as a storyline with Flora’s sister, Eleanor and Das’ son Anish . The space was designed to be able to let scenes play at the same time in the two times and places. The main stage area was used as India (both 1930 and 1985) while the downstage right area was typically England.

I was able to assist by giving England a diffused idea with multiple lights filling in the shadows, while India was based on the idea of a directional source that cast a very visible shadow. In addition, Nirad Das speaks about the idea of rasa, that emotion is color. For more emotional parts of the piece I introduced more saturated color, which was more prevalent in Flora's more vibrant way of living life, as opposed to Pike's analytical viewing of poetry and art.

Pike occasionally reads footnotes to Flora’s diary as she writes in it or her sister Eleanor reads from it. This was done through use of a spotlight, to isolate Pike and separate him from the rest of the action of the show.

As the show comes to a close, I chose to use a sunset for the scene where Flora’s sister finds her grave. In the same scene, the 1985 Eleanor is reminiscing as Flora reads from her diary and the three women are lit in their own special. Pike has come to realize through the piece that Flora is more than just the subject of a biography and he is finally lit with warmth for the first time.