Colleen's love of lighting design is rooted in the power of storytelling and its ability to change the world. The lighting design of a show creates the air that characters breathe---the audience breathes that same air and is pulled into the world of the play.
She is a Florida born, New York based Lighting Designer with a Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Colleen made her regional theatre lighting design debut at Hartford Stage in January 2023 with a new play, Espejos:Clean.
Prior to attending graduate school Colleen worked as the Resident Lighting Designer and Assistant Master Electrician at the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre in Orlando, Florida. She is a proud member of USA 829.
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* denotes an upcoming production
** Tony nominated
LIGHTING DESIGN
COMPANY
DIRECTOR
YEAR
Cry It Out*
Forget Me Not*
Smart
While We Wait
Shedding Load
Espejos:Clean
The Chinese Lady
Underground Nation
Les Contes d’Hoffmann
Pippin
The Light Princess
The Rehearsal
My Town
Marie
Henry IV Parts I & II
Anxiety Stew: A New Musical
TrueSelves: A Gender Play
Blood Wedding
Aladdin
Pinkalicious! The Musical
As You Like It
Every Christmas Story Ever Told...And Then Some!
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Beauty and the Beast
Stuart Little
The Frog and the Princess
The Tempest
Macbeth
James and the Giant Peach
The Merchant of Venice
RENT
Much Ado About Nothing
Reefer Madness
Once On This Island
Little Shop of Horrors
Significant Productions
Manhattan School of Music
Ensemble Studio Theatre
The New School
The Varsity Theatre Company
Hartford Stage | Syracuse Stage
The Studio Theatre
EPIC Theatre Ensemble
Opera Theatre Rutgers
Summer Theatre of New Canaan
Summer Theatre of New Canaan
Rutgers Theatre Company
Rutgers Theatre Company
Rutgers Theatre Company
Rutgers Theatre Company
Kelly Productions
coLab Arts
Rutgers Theatre Company
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
The Young Company
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
Shakespeare With Heart
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
Shakespeare With Heart
The Young Company
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
Shakespeare With Heart
Florida Southern College
The Young Company
Players By The Sea
Players By The Sea
TheatreWorks FL!
Reiko Ho
Catie Davis
Matt Dickson
Jordana De La Cruz
Mia Walker
Melissa Crespo
Reiko Ho
Melissa Friedman
John Giampietro
Allegra Libonati | Christian Libonati
Melody Libonati
Christopher Cartmill
Knud Adams
Morgan Green
Michael Sexton
David Kelly
John P. Keller
Matt Dixon
Patrick Braillard
Steve Mackinnon
Monica Long Tamborello
Michael Carlton
Anne Herring
Patrick Braillard
Melissa Mason Braillard
Patrick Braillard
Anne Herring
Monica Long Tamborello
Tim Williams
Anne Herring
James F. Beck
Monica Long Tamborello
Sam Fisher
Eric DiCicco
Scott Cook
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2023
2022
2022
2020
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2015
2015
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2012
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ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGN
COMPANY
DESIGNER
YEAR
The 12
The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation
On That Day In Amsterdam | Off-Broadway
Beauty and the Beast
Black No More | Off-Broadway
Goodspeed Opera House
Juniper Street Productions
Primary Stages
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
The New Group
Japhy Weidman
Jeff Croiter
Cha See
Delonte Smith
Jeff Croiter
2023
2022
2022
2022
2022
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ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGN
COMPANY
DESIGNER
YEAR
The Great Gatsby
Here Lies Love | Broadway
The Fears | Off-Broadway
Broadway Backwards
Wish You Were Here | Off-Broadway
Paradise Square | Broadway**
Tootsie | National Tour
Matilda
Electric Ocean | Sea World
Destiny of Desire
Paper Mill Playhouse
Foresight Theatrical
Sightline Productions
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids
Playwrights Horizons
Tinc Productions
Troika Productions
Random Farms Theatre
Agress Lighting Inc.
The Garden Theatre
Cory Pattak
Justin Townsend
Jeff Croiter
Craig Stelzenmuller
Reza Behjat
Don Holder
Don Holder
Ania Parks
David Agress | Devon Allen
Eric Haugen
2023
2023
2023
2022
2022
2021-22
2021
2019
2018
2017
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Songs For A New World | Florida Southern College
Joe's Pub | The Public Theatre
Crazy For You | Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
Tootsie - A New Musical
Ragtime | Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
Lighting Design Consultant
Lighting Designer
Programmer
Lighting Design Intern
Programmer
Resident Lighting Designer
Assistant Master Electrician
James F. Beck| Technical Director
Ania Parks | Dir. of Production
Eric Haugen | Lighting Designer
Don Holder | Lighting Designer
Eric Haugen | Lighting Designer
Delonte Smith | Master Electrician
2021
2020 - Pres.
2019
2018
2018
2013 - 17
EDUCATION
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Master of Fine Arts: Lighting Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Lighting Design/Acting
Rutgers University: Mason Gross School of the Arts | Don Holder
Rutgers Conservatory at Shakespeare's Globe | Michael Pavelka
Florida Southern College | James F. Beck
2020
2019
2012
RELATED SKILLS
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Vectorworks, Lightwright, SpotOn, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, AfterEffects), Photography, Eos programming,
Microsoft Suite (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook), Millumin