Photo Gallery: Black Comedy, a play that mixes light with pitch black, to open on New Years Eve

Brindsley Miller, played by Chance Dean, sits down hard on a sofa pushing Clea, played by Tayah Howard, and Harold Gorringe, played by Ted Wells, fall off of the sofa during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show kicks off on New Year’s Eve.

Brindsley Miller, played by Chance Dean, kisses his old girlfriend Clea, played by Tayah Howard in the dark during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show, which mixes up light and pitch black, kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Angry about being duped, Harold Gorringe, played by Ted Wells and Colonel Melkett, played by Paul Michael Nieman draw swords to attack Brindsley Miller, played by Chance Dean during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Georg Bamberger, played by Don Woodruff, walks in the dark, with Clea, played by Tayah Howard and Brindsley Miller, played by Chance Dean, hugging on a pedestal during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show, which mixes up light and pitch black, kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Director Zoë Bright, on right, works out a kissing sean with actors Chance Dean and Tayah Howard during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Colonel Melkett, played by Paul Michael Nieman, lighting his way with a lighter, finds a buddha during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Brindsley Miller, played by Chance Dean, acting as if in the dark, guides Miss Furnival, played by Georgian George into a dark room during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Brindsley Miller, played by Chance Dean, wound in a telephone cord, during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Ted Wells, who plays Harold Gorringe points a sword at Clea, played by Tayah Howard and Brindsley Miller, played by Chance Dean, hugging on a pedestal during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Carol Melkett, palyed by Ava Scott, blindly pours a drink during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show, which mixes light with pitch black, kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Brindsley Miller, played by Chance Dean, Tayah Howard, who plays Clea, and Harold Gorringe, played by Ted Wells on a sofa during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Harold Gorringe, played by Ted Wells, has a discussion with Brindsley Miller, played by Chance Dean during a dress rehearsal of “Black Comedy” at the Glendale Centre Theatre on Thursday, December 29, 2016. The show kicks off on New Year’s Eve.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)