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LIMESTONE COLLEGE- Costume, Lighting, and Poster Design

Assistant Professor of Theatre
Gaffney, SC
2016- Present
SHOWS INCLUDE(from top to bottom):  
Curtains (F16), August Osage County (F16), Peter and The Starcatcher​ (S17)
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Curtains
Lighting and Costume Design

by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Directed by Dr. Tim Baxter-Fergusson
Limestone Center Theatre
Oct. 2016
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An unlikable leading lady is murdered during her opening-night curtain call. Frank Cioffi, a police detective and musical theatre fan, must solve the mystery and save the show.

August Osage County
Costume and Lighting Design

by Tracey Letts
Directed by Rob Kahn
Limestone Center Theatre
Nov. 2016

The death and funeral of their father brings three sisters to the home of their mother, Violet, an acid-tongued, pill-popping cancer patient. Daughters Barbara , Karen and Ivy  -- along with their significant others and various other kin -- take the full brunt of their dysfunctional matriarch's venom, for Violet tells every one of them exactly what she thinks of them. 

Set in the Violet's home in the present day. 

Peter and The Starcatcher
Lighting and Costume Design

by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Directed by Dr. Tim Baxter-Fergusson
Limestone Center Theater
April. 2017

Peter and the Starcatcher is a play based on the 2004 novel of a similar name by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, adapted for the stage by Rick Elice. The play provides a backstory for the character Peter Pan, and serves as a prequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy.

This production was done Sustainable with costumes and set made out of found and recycled materials

Evil Dead: The Musical
Lighting Design
Poster Design


Book and lyrics by George Reinblatt. Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris and George Reinblatt. Music supervision by Frank Cipolla. Additional lyrics by Christopher Bond. Additional music by Rob Daleman.
Directed by Dr. Tim Baxter-Fergusson
Limestone Center Theatre
Oct. 2017
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This hilarious live stage show takes all the elements of the cult classic films, The Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness and combines them for one of the craziest theatrical experiences of all time.  Five college students go to an abandoned cabin in the woods, and accidentally unleash an evil force that turns them all into demons.  

Learned Ladies
Costume and Lighting Design
​Poster Design

by Moliere
Translation by Fryda Thomas
Directed by Robert Kahn
Limestone Center Theatre
Feb. 2018

During the Salon movement of the 17th century, women, thirsty for knowledge and freedom, began to read, discuss and absorb all the learning they could now get their hands on. Frequently, into that mix came sycophants and opportunists, to take advantage of the budding but not fully formed intelligence of the Women's Movement. Enter Trissotin, a mediocre poet with a lot of sex appeal and little literary talent, who all but seduces Philamente, determined to be at the forefront of the movement. Equally determined to marry him off to her younger daughter (who just wants to marry her sweetheart Clitandre and raise children), she bullies her meek husband into tacitly agreeing, and the machinations that follow between family members, visiting poets and maids who refuse to learn proper French are predictably and delightfully Molière. This version strays from a strictly literal translation of the play, often employing anachronisms in the rhymed couplets that may appall purists, but have delighted audiences since its original inception. 
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Anything Goes 
Costume and Lighting Design
​Poster Design

by Cole Porter
Directed by Tim Baxter-Ferguson
Limestone Center Theatre
April. 2018

Anything Goes is set aboard the ocean liner S. S. American, where nightclub singer/evangelist Reno Sweeney is en route from New York to England. Her pal Billy Crocker has stowed away to be near his love, Hope Harcourt, but the problem is Hope is engaged to the wealthy Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Joining this love triangle on board the luxury liner are Public Enemy #13, Moonface Martin and his sidekick-in-crime Erma. With the help of some elaborate disguises, tap-dancing sailors and good old-fashioned blackmail, Reno and Martin join forces to help Billy in his quest to win Hope’s heart.

We set our production in period and I wanted to really accentuate a Patriotic color palette while using fun glitzy textures in the costumes and saturated lighting.

Measure for Measure
Lighting  and Sound Design

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Rob Kahn
Limestone Center Theatre
October 2018

Excerpt from DIRECTORS NOTE:
"Although set in Vienna, Shakespeare obviously intended the play to reflect conditions in the London of his time, a fact immediately recognizable to his audience. For this reason, I have chosen to set our production in a time and place that is similarly familiar to many of us: Washington DC today. In a world beset by crisis, what kinds of authority should be given to our political leaders, and what exactly is a “just” punishment? What is the balance between justice and mercy? Between sensuality and rationality? Between duty to God and duty to family? What constitutes abuse of power?  How are the traditional role models of men and women changing? 
These questions won’t necessarily be answered for you by the end of the play: my hope is that you continue to question these ideas and create a dialogue in order to reflect upon where our society stands today. "-Rob Kahn

For my lighting and sound design I wanted to bring in the contemporary nature of the concept while allowing the mood of certain scenes to subtly creep in.  I did this with colors for light and with underscoring for the special scenes.  In addition, my pre-show music was indicative of Americana and happy times while my intermission spoke more to the darker side of our country and its politics.