Opinions on how to stage flashbacks?

I've been adapting a short story as a one-act play. There is a scene I want to do with flashbacks, two different times a few months apart in the same shabby kitchen. There are three characters in one scene, two in the other. I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to suggest the different times with changes in lighting (different time of day?), food on the table, maybe a sweater or other small bit of costuming.



I'd prefer to do this by going back and forth in short snippets between the two time periods but I wonder if that creates too many technical difficulties. Could the changes be simple enough to do that, switching in just a couple of seconds of darkness? Or would all that back and forth just be too difficult and distracting and I should give up the idea?Opinions on how to stage flashbacks?that sounds neat to read, but difficult to execute. it might be best to condense the flash backs if possible, or keep the characters in the same clothes, but changing the light between flash backs and present. the audience will understand, and it will clip along at a pace that is interesting to watch. they're at a play, and understand that there is some level of suspension of disbelief. Good luck!