Lighting Design
Little Women the Musical- Assistant Lighting Designer
Baylor University - Waco, TX
Director: Lisa Denman
Stage Manager: Piper Vaught
Scenic Designer: Michael Sullivan
Costume Designer: Sarah Mosher
Lighting Designer: JoJo Jones
Sound Designer: Brian Crowder
Photography: Jared Tseng
I assisted the Lighting Designer, designed Act 2, Scene 4, including the songs “The Most Amazing Thing,” “Days of Plenty,” and “Fire Within Me,” and made and updated spot paperwork for Act 1. The director’s main concept was to use the attic window in the March household. The lighting takes with it the delicate balance between a realistic interior and the vivid imagination and emotions of the March sisters.
Androcles and the Lion- Assistant Lighting Designer
Young Festival Stage - Waco, TX
Director: Felicia Bertch
Stage Manager: Madelyn Fritz
Scenic Designer: Ryan Gillam
Costume Designer: Bailey Kaye Cole
Lighting Designer: JoJo Jones
Music Director: Guilherme Feitosa de Almeida
Photography: Jared Tseng
I assisted the Lighting Designer and designed Act 2. With a reliance on Commedia dell'arte archetypes, the lighting designer selected a specific color palette for each character. This show was also marked toward children with developmental disabilities. A great challenge of this production was keeping the dramatic and playful flair of the script intact while also remaining aware of those with sensory sensitivities.
Notes on Viardot - Lighting Designer
Baylor Opera Theatre - Waco, TX
Director: Jen Stephenson
Maestra: Kathleen Kelly
Stage Manager: Madelyn Fritz
Scenic Designer: Michael Sullivan
Lighting Designer: Noah Smith
Photography: Raquel Pena
Using the rep plot left over from Little Women the Musical, the Baylor School of Music performed its opera on the March house set. I made some slight adjustments to the plot and had a wonderful time designing my first opera. Notes on Viardot, functioning more like a memory play, allowed for some creative choices with the color distinction between the present and the past of Viardot’s memories.
Henry V - Lighting and Projection Designer
Genesis Children’s Theatre - Plano, TX
Director: Meg Sullivan
Scenic Designer: Jerry and JD Grizzle
Lighting and Projection Designer: Noah Smith
Sound Designer: Evan Wolfe
Photography: Jerry Grizzle
The director wanted a concept based off a bunch of players playing a game of Dungeons and Dragons. This space was challenging as it was the size of an average living room. Set in a ¾ thrust, it was exciting to find the contrast between realist scenes and video-game-like fight sequences. This space was very small and was a fun challenge to do dramatic changes with very few lights.
