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 has worked as an Associate and Assistant Lighting Designer on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and made her regional theatre Lighting Design debut at Hartford Stage in January 2023 with a new play, Espejos:Clean. Colleen recently made her Off-Broadway Lighting Design debut with a new musical, Ghost of John McCain, at Soho Playhouse in September 2024.
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.
YEAR
COMPANY
DIRECTOR
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* denotes an upcoming production
LIGHTING DESIGN
Machinal
Qualia
Orestes
Ghost of John McCain | Off-Broadway
Hamlet
Cabaret
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
New York Theatre Company
Significant Productions
The New School
Soho Playhouse
The Public Theater
Significant Productions
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
Amy Seidel
Sara Oliva
Ashley Kelly Tata
Catie Davis
Eli Taylor + Jen Curfman
Nathaniel Niemi
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
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2025
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
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
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ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGN
DESIGNER
YEAR
COMPANY
Heathers | Off-Broadway
All Nighter | Off-Broadway
English | Broadway
The Ally
Little Women
The 12
The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation
On That Day In Amsterdam | Off-Broadway
Beauty and the Beast
Black No More | Off-Broadway
New World Stages
Runyonland Productions at MCC
Roundabout Theatre Company
The Public Theatre
Milwaukee Repertory Theatre
Goodspeed Opera House
Juniper Street Productions
Primary Stages
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
The New Group
Ben Cracknell
Ben Stanton
Reza Behjat
Reza Behjat
Reza Behjat
Japhy Weidman
Jeff Croiter
Cha See
Delonte Smith
Jeff Croiter
2025
2025
2024
2024
2024
2023
2022
2022
2022
2022
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ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGN
COMPANY
DESIGNER
YEAR
Bat Boy: The Musical*
Urinetown
Death Becomes Her | Broadway
The Great Gatsby | Broadway
The Great Gatsby
Merrily We Roll Along | Broadway
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
New York City Center Encores!
New York City Center Encores!
Universal Theatrical Group
Foresight Theatrical
Paper Mill Playhouse
Sonia Friedman Productions
Foresight Theatrical
Sightline Productions
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids
Playwrights Horizons
Tinc Productions
Troika Productions
Random Farms Theatre
Agress Lighting Inc.
The Garden Theatre
Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
Justin Townsend
Cory Pattak
Cory Pattak
Jess Creager | Associate LD
Justin Townsend
Jeff Croiter
Craig Stelzenmuller
Reza Behjat
Don Holder
Don Holder
Ania Parks
David Agress + Devon Allen
Eric Haugen
2025
2025
2024
2024
2023
2023
2023
2023
2022
2022
2021-22
2021
2019
2018
2017
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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Joe's Pub | The Public Theatre
Crazy For You | Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
Tootsie - A New Musical
Ragtime | Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
Lighting Designer
Programmer
Lighting Design Intern
Programmer
Resident Lighting Designer
Assistant Master Electrician
Ania Parks | Dir. of Production
Eric Haugen | Lighting Designer
Don Holder | Lighting Designer
Eric Haugen | Lighting Designer
Delonte Smith | Master Electrician
2020 - Present
2019
2018
2018
2013 - 17
EDUCATION
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Master of Fine Arts: Lighting Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Lighting Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts: 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
Florida Southern College | James F. Beck
2020
2019
2012
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