Education

MFA Lighting Design University of Maryland Anticipated Spring 2028
BFA Theatre Design and Technology University of Central Florida Spring 2025

Experience - Selected

University of Maryland
Assistant Lighting Designer If I Were You Mariah Faulkner, LD 2026
Lighting Designer She Lights the Way Alvin Mayes, Chor. 2025
Assistant Lighting Designer Home Hannah Kelly, LD 2025
Lighting Programmer Fall Dance Thesis Concert Yannick Godts, LD 2025
Electrician Amm(i)gone Cameron Smith, PE 2025
She Loves Me Liza Raney, PE 2025
Lighting Design Mentor Experimental Perf. Series Devon Kohn, PM 2025

The Renaissance Theatre
Lighting Designer The Last Bear Erin McNellis, Dir. 2025
Lighting Programmer Gorgeous The Musical Kelsey Forero, LD 2025
Asst. Production Electrician Boots Kashime Joseph, PE 2025
Laughs in Spanish Kashime Joseph, PE 2025

Theatre UCF
Lighting Designer Rhinoceros Chloe Edmonson, Dir. 2024
Scenic Designer The Clean House Tara Kromer, Dir. 2024
Lighting Designer Athena's Ballet Gabriel Ramos, Chor. 2023
Assistant Lighting Designer The Prom Rob Siler, LD 2023
Lighting Designer Spells of the Sea Julia Flood, Dir. 2022
Lighting Programmer Affinity Lunch Minutes Vandy Wood, LD 2022
Electrician Shrek The Musical Beth McAshan, PE 2022
Fabulation Beth McAshan, PE 2022

Skills

General
Microsoft Office
Vectorworks (2D, 3D, Spotlight)
Valid Driver's License
HTML and CSS Programming
Scenic
Scenic Rendering
Model Making
Scenic Painting
Reading Ground Plans, Schematics
Carpentry
Lighting
Hang and Focus
Lightwright
Low Voltage Circuitry
Reading Light Plots
ETC Ion Programming
(conventional and moving lights)

References

Rob Siler
Lighting Designer
703.359.7051
silerlights@gmail.com
Yannick Godts
Lighting Designer
585.309.3655
yannickgodts@gmail.com
Andrew Cissna
Associate Clinical Professor
202.255.1219
acissna@umd.edu