Pivoting and Persevering BY BRANT THOMAS MURRAY University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign faced down the monumental pandemic challenge and created theatre anyway. Here's how. Sarah Clement, junior acting major, participates in shadow exploration, a collaboration between Rob Perry's Advanced Lighting Design class and Genesee Spridco's Acting I class. | Photo by Zack Saunders. SPRING 2021 | THEATRE DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY | 41