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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.

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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

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

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 Stanton
Reza Behjat
Reza Behjat
Reza Behjat
Japhy Weidman
Jeff Croiter
Cha See
Delonte Smith
Jeff Croiter

2025
2024
2024
2024
2023
2022
2022
2022
2022

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ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGN

COMPANY

DESIGNER

YEAR

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!

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

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

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

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