SELECT TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Guest Artist, Grinnell College

Grinnell, Iowa

Spring 2019

Color and Light - 

A master class exploring visual narratives in lighting. Students explore a scene and realize it in a blackbox environment utilizing color, shape and texture with light to create different moods/feelings. 

Teaching Artist, Wilmette Children’s Theatre

Wilmette, Illinois

Fall 2017 - Present

Introduction to Technical Theatre

Developed an introductory course for ages 9 - 15 introducing them to different backstage elements. This course combines lectures from industry professionals, field trips to working theatres and classroom projects to give students a tangible sense of the work involved to produce a show. The course culminated in students crewing an end of semester performance for the acting and dance classes.

Guest Artist, Grinnell College

Grinnell, Iowa

Spring 2016

Art of Visual Storytelling: A Pop-Up Experience - 

A master class focusing on the art of storytelling through a visual medium. Students will take a piece of text, analyze it and create a visual piece that explores their point of view of the text. 

Guest Lecturer, The Art Institute

Chicago, IL

Spring 2015

Interior Architecture Design: LEDs and Design Lecture - 

A master class on LEDs and their role in storefront theatre, performance art and installations. In addition to discussing potential creative uses of LEDs, students are taught about how to select LEDs for their needs and wire them correctly which ultimately led them to a project where they were able to incorporate LEDs into their own working fixture.

Guest Artist, Georgia Perimeter College

Clarkston, GA

Fall 2014

Intro to Lighting Design: Color Theory - 

An introductory lecture about use of color in lighting design and the differences between additive and subtractive color mixing. During this lecture students participate in a lab that allows them to light objects and see how different materials respond to color.

Life After Graduation - 

A master class on next steps after graduating with a theatre degree. This course touches on resume tips, job-hunting, filing taxes, and negotiating freelancing contracts. 

Guest Artist, Hope College

Holland, MI

Fall 2013

Theatre Practice - 

Worked directly with students to execute the lighting design of a mainstage musical. This involved teaching them the basics of hang, focus and troubleshooting in addition to learning how to read paperwork and program.

Adjunct Professor, Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Fall 2011 - Fall 2013

Intro to Lighting Design - 

This course will develop the student’s ability to see and discuss light in the context of theatrical design. Students will learn the basic process and techniques of the theatrical lighting designer. Students will learn to develop conceptual lighting design ideas based on text analysis, and will explore means of verbally and visually communicating those ideas from initial reading of the script to the final design. 

Graduate Assistant, Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

2009 - 2011

Light Shop -

Worked directly with undergrad students to teach them electric skills including electrical wiring, how to read paperwork, the basics of hang / focus, and troubleshooting non-functional equipment. Students learned first hand by implementing lighting and sound designs in the three theatrical spaces at Northwestern.

SELECT LIGHTING DESIGN

Galileo’s Daughter Remy Bumppo Theatre Company Dir Marti Lyons 2023

Extra Yarn Lifeline Theatre Dir Anthony Kayor 2023

Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party

Chicago Children’s Theatre

Dir William Bishop

2022

Private Lives

Raven Theatre

Dir Ian Frank

2022

At The Vanishing Point

The Gift Theatre

Dir Lavina Jadhwani

2022

Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party

Chicago Children’s Theatre

Dir William Bishop

2021

The Importance of Being Earnest

Wheaton College

Dir Andy Mangin

2020

Do You Feel Anger?

A Red Orchid Theatre

Dir Jess McLeod

Co-Design with Mike Durst

2020

A Doll’s House

Raven Theatre

Dir Lauren Shouse

2020

Wake Up Brother Bear

Chicago Children’s Theatre

Dir Jamie Abelson

2020

Top Girls

Remy Bumppo Theatre

Dir Keira Fromm

2020

Beatrix Potter Holiday Tea Party

Chicago Children’s Theater

Dir William Bishop

2019

Hey Lilith

Grinnell College

Dir Celeste Miller

2019

X-Marks the Spot Tour

Chicago Children’s Theatre 

In association with The Ringingling and The Alliance

Dir Jacqueline Russell

2019

Sundown, Yellow Moon

Raven Theatre

Dir Cody Estle

2019

A Snowy Day with Beatrix Potter- China Tour

Chicago Children’s Theatre

In association with the China Children’s Theatre Festival

Dir William Bishop

2019

Love Wounds

Chicago Fringe Opera

Dir Susan Payne-O’Brien

Composer Christopher Cerrone

2019

X Marks the Spot

Chicago Children’s Theatre

Dir Jacqueline Russell

2019

The World Inside Me

Chicago Children’s Theatre

In association with Spellbound Theatre

Dir Lauren Jost

2019

I’m Gonna Pray For You So Hard

First Floor Theatre

Dir Cole von Glahn

2019

How I Learned to Drive

Raven Theatre

Dir Cody Estle

2019

Neverwhere

Lifeline Theatre

Dir Ilesa Duncan

2018

Eurydice

The Theatre Arts Guild

Dir Lindsay Bytof

2018

A Midsumer Night’s Dream

Evanston Dance Ensemble

Dirs Bea Rashid and Christina Ernst

2018

Southern Gothic

Windy City Playhouse

Dir David Bell

2018

Nice Girl

Raven Theatre

Dir Lauren Shouse

2018

A Snowy Day with Beatrix Potter

Chicago Children’s Theatre

Dir William Bishop

2017

Measure for Measure

Wheaton College

Dir Andy Menken

2017

Arnie the Donut

Lifeline Theatre

Dir Elise Kauzlaric

2017

If Only

Cherry Lane Theatre

Dir Christopher McElreon

2017

Marry Me a Little

Porchlight Musical Theatre

Dir Jess McLeod

2017

The Temperamentals 

About Face Theatre

Dir Andrew Volkoff

2017

ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGN

Titus Andronicus

Babes with Blades

LD Diane Fairchild

2015

One Came Home

Lifeline Theatre

LD Diane Fairchild

2015

The Mountaintop

The Court

LD Sarah Hughey

2013

Yellow Moon

Writer’s Theatre

LD Lee Fiskness

2013

Bud, Not Buddy

Chicago Children’s Theatre

LD William Kirkham

2013

Yellow House

University of Chicago Workshop

LD Sarah Hughey

2011

The Handmaid’s Tale

Northwestern University

LD Michael Stanfill

2011

PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS

Lighting/Sound/SFX Intern

The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre - Kalamazoo, MI

Duties included working with designers and community volunteers to produce 16 shows during our season and designing 8 of the 16 yearly productions. Also served as Master Electrician for the three performance spaces and responsible for organization and daily maintenance of fixtures. Aided in teaching volunteers of all ages as well as leading students (ages 9 - 18) in learning lighting, sound and special effects. Some responsibilities included, but were not limited to: 

Lighting Design- Disney’s High School Musical, On Golden Pond, Hollywood Arms, Holes, A Chorus Line, Esperanza Rising, Deathtrap, Stagedoor, Affections of May, and James and the Giant Peach

Sound Design- Disney’s High School Musical, On Golden Pond, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Holes, Esperanza Rising, Stagedoor, Affections of May, and James and the Giant Peach

Special Effects- Disney’s High School Musical, On Golden Pond, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Holes, Esperanza Rising, Deathtrap, Stagedoor, Affections of May, and James and the Giant Peach

2007 - 2009

Lighting Intern

The RiverCenter for the Performing Arts - Columbus, GA

Worked closely with the lighting supervisor to help facilitate the use of the theatrical spaces for rentals. This included space setup/layout for orchestral performances, dance, theatre, public speaking, musical events, and touring productions. Some responsibilities included, but were not limited to: 

Maintaining conventional lighting equipment, leading local electrics crews during load-ins and overhire events, interpreting lighting requirements in tech riders and implementing necessary changes to the rep plot to ease load-ins for touring shows.

2006

SELECT AFFILIATIONS

The StrangeTree Group

Artistic Associate

2014 - 2016

Alpha Psi Omega, Founding Member  - Columbus State University Chapter

Student Liaison

2005 - 2006

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Founding Member - Columbus State University Chapter

2002 - 2006

President

2003 - 2005

Vice President of Community Service

2002 - 2003

Columbus State University Student Government Association 

2003 - 2006

Vice President of Scholastic Affairs

2004 - 2006

Chief Justice

2003 - 2004

Columbus State University Theatre Advisory Board

Secretary / Sophomore Seat

2002 - 2003

INSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEES - Columbus State University

Academic Search Committee, student representative

2005

Student Activities Budget Committee, student representative

2004 - 2005

Student Government Election Committee, student representative

2004 - 2005

Voter Drive Committee, student representative 

2004 - 2005

Educator of the Year Committee, committee chair

2004

Halloween Carnival Committee, committee chair

2004

Technology Utilization Committee, student representative

2003

AWARDS AND HONORS

John Woodbridge Williams Memorial Scholarship for Lighting Designers, Northwestern University

2012

Best Student Lighting Design, Columbus State University

2006

Faculty Cup Finalist, Columbus State University

An award that honors students chosen by faculty that exhibit exemplary skills academically as well as engagement within the school and community at large.

2006

Technical Design Theatre Student of the Year, Columbus State University 

2005 - 2006

Technical Design Theatre Student of the Year, Columbus State University 

2004 - 2005

Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities

2003 - 2006

Emily Woodruff Scholar, Columbus State University

Awarded to top theatre students that are active participants within the program while keeping high GPAs. 

2002 - 2006 

Columbus State University Honor Student

2002 - 2006

National Honor Society

2004 - 2006

Phi Kappa Phi

2004 - 2006

Hope Scholar

A Georgia scholarship program that pays tuition for students who maintain at least a 3.2 average GPA during high school and college.

2001 - 2006

Dean’s List

2001 - 2006