Lighting Designer, U.S.A
EDUCATION
MFA, Stage Design, Northwestern University
BFA, Illinois Wesleyan University
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2021-present
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2018-2021
Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1996-2018
Production Manager, Northlight Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1993-1996
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Co-Vice Commissioner, Lighting Studio, USITT, 2019-2022
Chair, Lighting Studio, USITT, 2015-20219
Member, United Scenic Artists of America, Local 829, IATSE, 2021-present
CREATIVE ACTIVITY (all lighting design unless noted)
2021
Hamlet, UW/Milwaukee
Romance in D, Peninsula Players
Talley’s Folly, Peninsula Players
2020
The Gentleman Thief, Peninsula Players, World Premier (postponed)
Trojan Women (Scenic design), UW/Milwaukee
2019
In the Next Room, UW/Milwaukee
Silent Sky, Peninsula Players
A Trick of the Light, Peninsula Players, World Premier
National Veterans Theatre Festival, Feast of Crispian & Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
All My Sons, UW/Milwaukee
2018
Chapatti, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Living on Love, Peninsula Players
Dancemakers, UW/Milwaukee MFA Dance
Now and Then, Peninsula Players, World Premier
Les Misérables, PiusXI
9 to 5, UW/Milwaukee
12 Ophelias, UW/Milwaukee
Zombies From The Beyond – A Musical, Skylight Music Theatre
2017
Major Barbara, UW/Milwaukee
Othello Deployed (Scenic design), Feast Of Crispian, World Premier
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, Peninsula Players
The Actuary, Peninsula Players
Arcadia, UW/Milwaukee
2016
Lobby Hero, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Translations (Scenic and Lighting design), UW/Milwaukee
And Comes Safe Home, Feast Of Crispian
The 39 Steps, Peninsula Players
Chapatti, Peninsula Players
Corktown (Scenic and Lighting design), UW/Milwaukee
2015
Damn Yankees, UW/Milwaukee
Nunsense, Peninsula Players
A Real Lulu, Peninsula Players, World Premier
The Train Driver, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
2014
Lysistrata, UW/Milwaukee
Anton In Show Business, UW/Milwaukee
The Tin Woman, Peninsula Players, World Premier
Laughing Stock, UW/Milwaukee
2013
Mil-Wonky Style, UW/Milwaukee, World Premier
The Detective’s Wife, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Miracle On South Division Street, Peninsula Players
Once A Ponzi Time, Peninsula Players, World Premier
Saloon, Peninsula Players
Ruined, UW/Milwaukee
2012
Murder on the Nile, Peninsula Players
Opus, Peninsula Players
The Nature of Mutation, UW/Milwaukee
2011
As You Like It, UW/Milwaukee
Sins of Sor Juana, UW/Milwaukee
God of Carnage, Peninsula Players
Making God Laugh, Peninsula Players, World Premier
No, No, Nanette, UW/Milwaukee
2010
A Bog Of Cats, UW/Milwaukee
A Little Night Music, Peninsula Players
Over the Tavern, Peninsula Players
Heroes, Peninsula Players
Hay Fever, UW/Milwaukee
Showtune, UW/Milwaukee
2009
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, UW/Milwaukee
Picnic, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Wait Until Dark, Peninsula Players
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in Ukraine, Peninsula Players
The Lady With All the Answers, Peninsula Players
Hair, UW/Milwaukee
2008
Arms and the Man, UW/Milwaukee
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Peninsula Players
Born Yesterday, Peninsula Players
Greetings, Peninsula Players
Caucasian Chalk Circle, UW/Milwaukee
2007
Ring ‘Round the Moon, UW/Milwaukee
Seven Guitars, UW/Milwaukee
Be My Baby, Peninsula Players
Doubt, Peninsula Players
Little Shop of Horrors, Peninsula Players
Unnecessary Farce, Peninsula Players
Angel Street, Peninsula Players
West Side Story, UW/Milwaukee
2006
The Mousetrap, Peninsula Players
The Elephant Man, Peninsula Players
Cabaret, Peninsula Players
Noises Off, Peninsula Players
Master Class, Peninsula Players
Nickel and Dimed (Scenic Design), Dublin, Ireland
2005
Nickel and Dimed (Scenic Design), UW/Milwaukee
Escanaba in Da Moonlight, Peninsula Players
Tom, Dick, and Harry, Peninsula Players
Red Herring, Peninsula Players
The Uneasy Chair, Peninsula Players
2004
Deathtrap, Peninsula Players
Into the Woods, Peninsula Players
Soufflé Surprise, Peninsula Players
Fools, Peninsula Players
Broadway Bound, Peninsula Players
SELECT PAST ACTIVITY
2001
Look Back In Anger (Scenic Design), UW/Milwaukee
2000
Corpse (Scenic Design), New American Theatre
Timeslips (Scenic & Lighting Design), Center for 20th Century Studies, UW/Milwaukee
Goodnight Children Everywhere, Organic Theatre Co.
1999
Criminal Hearts, Renaissance Theaterworks
1998
Our Town (Scenic Design), UW/Milwaukee
1997
Woman In Black, Theatre Building, Chicago, Joseph Jefferson nomination
1996
Mark Twain and the Laughing River (Scenic Design), Northlight Theatre
1995
Don Juan in Hell (Scenic & Lighting Design), Northlight Theatre
1994
Quilters, Northlight Theatre
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, Northlight Theatre
Carousel (Scenic & Lighting Design), Woodstock Opera House
1993
Hysterics (Scenic Design), Northlight Theatre
Phantom of the Opera (Scenic & Lighting Design), Woodstock Opera House
1992
Cinderella (Scenic Design), Barat College
Joseph and the…. Dreamcoat (Scenic & Lighting Design), Wilmette School District
1991
A Flea In Her Ear (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
1940’s Radio Hour (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
1990
The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
Reckless (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
The House of Blue Leaves (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
Nunsense (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
Godspell (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
1989
Downwinder Dance (Scenic Design), Indiana State University, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, Regional and National Finalist, Performed at The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 1990
EDUCATION
MFA, Stage Design, Northwestern University
BFA, Illinois Wesleyan University
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2021-present
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2018-2021
Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1996-2018
Production Manager, Northlight Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, 1993-1996
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Co-Vice Commissioner, Lighting Studio, USITT, 2019-2022
Chair, Lighting Studio, USITT, 2015-20219
Member, United Scenic Artists of America, Local 829, IATSE, 2021-present
CREATIVE ACTIVITY (all lighting design unless noted)
2021
Hamlet, UW/Milwaukee
Romance in D, Peninsula Players
Talley’s Folly, Peninsula Players
2020
The Gentleman Thief, Peninsula Players, World Premier (postponed)
Trojan Women (Scenic design), UW/Milwaukee
2019
In the Next Room, UW/Milwaukee
Silent Sky, Peninsula Players
A Trick of the Light, Peninsula Players, World Premier
National Veterans Theatre Festival, Feast of Crispian & Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
All My Sons, UW/Milwaukee
2018
Chapatti, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Living on Love, Peninsula Players
Dancemakers, UW/Milwaukee MFA Dance
Now and Then, Peninsula Players, World Premier
Les Misérables, PiusXI
9 to 5, UW/Milwaukee
12 Ophelias, UW/Milwaukee
Zombies From The Beyond – A Musical, Skylight Music Theatre
2017
Major Barbara, UW/Milwaukee
Othello Deployed (Scenic design), Feast Of Crispian, World Premier
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, Peninsula Players
The Actuary, Peninsula Players
Arcadia, UW/Milwaukee
2016
Lobby Hero, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Translations (Scenic and Lighting design), UW/Milwaukee
And Comes Safe Home, Feast Of Crispian
The 39 Steps, Peninsula Players
Chapatti, Peninsula Players
Corktown (Scenic and Lighting design), UW/Milwaukee
2015
Damn Yankees, UW/Milwaukee
Nunsense, Peninsula Players
A Real Lulu, Peninsula Players, World Premier
The Train Driver, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
2014
Lysistrata, UW/Milwaukee
Anton In Show Business, UW/Milwaukee
The Tin Woman, Peninsula Players, World Premier
Laughing Stock, UW/Milwaukee
2013
Mil-Wonky Style, UW/Milwaukee, World Premier
The Detective’s Wife, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Miracle On South Division Street, Peninsula Players
Once A Ponzi Time, Peninsula Players, World Premier
Saloon, Peninsula Players
Ruined, UW/Milwaukee
2012
Murder on the Nile, Peninsula Players
Opus, Peninsula Players
The Nature of Mutation, UW/Milwaukee
2011
As You Like It, UW/Milwaukee
Sins of Sor Juana, UW/Milwaukee
God of Carnage, Peninsula Players
Making God Laugh, Peninsula Players, World Premier
No, No, Nanette, UW/Milwaukee
2010
A Bog Of Cats, UW/Milwaukee
A Little Night Music, Peninsula Players
Over the Tavern, Peninsula Players
Heroes, Peninsula Players
Hay Fever, UW/Milwaukee
Showtune, UW/Milwaukee
2009
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, UW/Milwaukee
Picnic, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
Wait Until Dark, Peninsula Players
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in Ukraine, Peninsula Players
The Lady With All the Answers, Peninsula Players
Hair, UW/Milwaukee
2008
Arms and the Man, UW/Milwaukee
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Peninsula Players
Born Yesterday, Peninsula Players
Greetings, Peninsula Players
Caucasian Chalk Circle, UW/Milwaukee
2007
Ring ‘Round the Moon, UW/Milwaukee
Seven Guitars, UW/Milwaukee
Be My Baby, Peninsula Players
Doubt, Peninsula Players
Little Shop of Horrors, Peninsula Players
Unnecessary Farce, Peninsula Players
Angel Street, Peninsula Players
West Side Story, UW/Milwaukee
2006
The Mousetrap, Peninsula Players
The Elephant Man, Peninsula Players
Cabaret, Peninsula Players
Noises Off, Peninsula Players
Master Class, Peninsula Players
Nickel and Dimed (Scenic Design), Dublin, Ireland
2005
Nickel and Dimed (Scenic Design), UW/Milwaukee
Escanaba in Da Moonlight, Peninsula Players
Tom, Dick, and Harry, Peninsula Players
Red Herring, Peninsula Players
The Uneasy Chair, Peninsula Players
2004
Deathtrap, Peninsula Players
Into the Woods, Peninsula Players
Soufflé Surprise, Peninsula Players
Fools, Peninsula Players
Broadway Bound, Peninsula Players
SELECT PAST ACTIVITY
2001
Look Back In Anger (Scenic Design), UW/Milwaukee
2000
Corpse (Scenic Design), New American Theatre
Timeslips (Scenic & Lighting Design), Center for 20th Century Studies, UW/Milwaukee
Goodnight Children Everywhere, Organic Theatre Co.
1999
Criminal Hearts, Renaissance Theaterworks
1998
Our Town (Scenic Design), UW/Milwaukee
1997
Woman In Black, Theatre Building, Chicago, Joseph Jefferson nomination
1996
Mark Twain and the Laughing River (Scenic Design), Northlight Theatre
1995
Don Juan in Hell (Scenic & Lighting Design), Northlight Theatre
1994
Quilters, Northlight Theatre
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, Northlight Theatre
Carousel (Scenic & Lighting Design), Woodstock Opera House
1993
Hysterics (Scenic Design), Northlight Theatre
Phantom of the Opera (Scenic & Lighting Design), Woodstock Opera House
1992
Cinderella (Scenic Design), Barat College
Joseph and the…. Dreamcoat (Scenic & Lighting Design), Wilmette School District
1991
A Flea In Her Ear (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
1940’s Radio Hour (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
1990
The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
Reckless (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
The House of Blue Leaves (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
Nunsense (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
Godspell (Scenic Design), Indiana State University
1989
Downwinder Dance (Scenic Design), Indiana State University, Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival, Regional and National Finalist, Performed at The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, 1990