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ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING DESIGN EXPERIENCE

2021-present • COHERENT DESIGN • SENIOR LIGHTING DESIGNER
2018-2020 • LIGHT SOLUTIONS • LIGHTING DESIGNER
2012-2017 • AVAILABLE LIGHT • ASSOCIATE DESIGNER
2008-2012 • MOUNTAIN LIGHT COMPANY • LIGHTING DESIGNER
2006-2008 • FIRST CIRCLE DESIGN • ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER

AWARDS & ACCREDITATIONS

LEED GA Certified (2019-2022)
LIGHTFAIR International Content Advisory Committee (2019-20, 2021-22)
2020 IES Award of Merit for International Spy Museum*
IES President of Las Vegas Section (2019-20)
IES Secretary of Las Vegas Section (2017-19
LightShow West Advisory Board Member (2018-19)
2017 IES Section Award for Bass Pro Shops Memphis Pyramid*
2013 IES Award of Merit for Giant Ocean Tank, New England Aquarium*
Lighting Certified (LC) by the NCQLP, 2013
Associate Member of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Boston Chapter Coordinator (2011-12)
2010 Pikes Peak Art Council Award for Technical Theater Achievement  
2006 Best Lighting Design of the Season, The Chance Theater 
2005 Gene Chesley Award for Design Assistant, Utah Shakespearean Festival
*while working with Available LIght 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL THEATRICAL LIGHTING DESIGN

PRODUCTION TITLE 
Legally Blonde: The Musical
​Urinetown: The Musical

Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Church
The Merchant of Venice
Boeing, Boeing  
The Bacchae 
12 Angry Men 
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Tragedy: A Tragedy 
Home 
All My Sons 
The Music Man 
The Secret Garden 
Nunsense (Set and Ltg Design) 
Into the Woods 
Coyote on a Fence 
Cabaret 
Annie Get Your Gun
LOCATION 
The Arvada Center
​University of Denver
UCCS Theatreworks
UCCS Theatreworks
UCCS Theatreworks
UCCS Theatreworks
UCCS Theatreworks
UCCS Theatreworks
UCCS Theatreworks
Colorado College
Colorado College
CS Fine Arts Center
CS Fine Arts Center
CS Fine Arts Center
JPAS- New Orleans, LA
The Chance Theatre
The Chance Theatre
The Chance Theatre
TheatreWest- Scottsbluff

DIRECTOR
Gavin Mayer
​Nick Sugar
Clinton Turner-Davis
Christy Montour-Larson
Murray Ross
David McClendon
Kevin Landis
David McClendon
Richard Crawford
Andrew Manley
Clinton Turner Davis
Alan Osborne
Cory Moosman
Rhonda Greder-Kimble
Wayne Daigreport
Oahn Nguyen
Patricia Asuini
Oahn Nguyen
Judy Chaloupka

SELECTED ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER CREDITS

PRODUCTION TITLE 
Street Scene
Gem of the Ocean (3-City Co-Production)
West Side Story
Hyppolitos
Utah Shakespearean Festival-2006 Season
The Little Prince
La Posada Magica
Kittyhawk: The Musical
LOCATION 
Opera Theater of the Rockies
Indiana Rep, Syracuse STAGE, Geva Theatre
Portland Center Stage  
Getty Villa Amphitheatre
Utah Shakespearean Festival
South Coast Repertory   
South Coast Repertory 
Walden Family Playhouse
LIGHTING DESIGNER 
Pam Gray
Peter Maradudin
Peter Maradudin 
Peter Maradudin
Lonnie Alcaraz
Chrissie Munich
Lonnie Alcaraz
Charles Houghton

SELECTED SPECIAL EVENT LIGHTING DESIGN

EVENT
Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Competitiion 2011**
Celtica Sinfonia w/ Feast Tour and PBS Filming
Emirates Airlines Promotional Launch* 
MTV VMA After-Party* 
Remy Martin- Product Launch Party* 
Kids Choice Awards After Party* 
Mattel Fall Toy Fair 2007
Comedy Central Roast After Party*

*while working at firstcircle design, LLC
**while working with Mountain Light Company
LOCATION
Breckenridge, CO
Vilar Center

Paramount Studios
Universal Studios Gibson Amphitheater
Hollywood, CA
UCLA
Mattel Headquarters
Warner Bros. Studios




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