The Baltimore Waltz
Brandeis University’s production of Paula Vogel’s surreal dreamlike imagining of the trip she never took with her brother, Carl, across Europe before losing him to AIDS.
Macbeth
Lighting design by Kayleigha Zawacki. Worcester State University’s production of Macbeth challenged audiences to identify and rise up against the cycle of power creating corruption.
The Rocky Horror Show
Lighting Design by Kayleigha Zawacki. Worcester State University’s production of The Rocky Horror Show invited audiences to join in a party for their true selves, leaning into the motto: “Don’t Dream it. Be it.”
Eurydice
Lighting Design by Kayleigha Zawacki. Brandeis University’s production of Eurydice, a contemporary take on the Orpheus and Eurydice myth.
The Frogs
Lighting and Scenic design by Kayleigha Zawacki. A modern adaptation by Don Zolidis. From Dramatic Publishing: “Disgusted with the state of current entertainment, Dionysus, God of Wine and Poetry, decides that it’s time to retrieve Shakespeare from the underworld. Surely if the Bard were given a series on HBO, he’d be able to raise the level of discourse! “
Theory of Relativity
Lighting Design by Kayleigha Zawacki. Young adults search for the answers they need to survive growing up.
ALiEN8
Lighting and scenic design by Kayleigha Zawacki. When an alien who only speaks in gestures touches down after a tornado in a small Midwestern town, its citizens find their emotions, as well as their homes turned topsy turvy.
Panthera tigris
Lighting Design by Kayleigha Zawacki. Panthera tigris was a deeply personal and vulnerable approach to storytelling, design, and artmaking which rejected role-based design boundaries to pursue the essence of a story. This was my truest and most honest work—the prototype for the way that I will continue to make work for the rest of my artistic career. “
Clean Slate
Lighting and scenic design by Kayleigha Zawacki. From New Play Exchange: “On the cusp of adoption, Andi’s foster mothers are left with no alternative but to send her to Clean Slate, a nature rehabilitation program for troubled youth. Her days are spent laboring in heat, journaling and ignoring strange noises at night. When Andi hears the voice of a girl named Cassie emanating from the rocks, the sky begins to turn inside out….”
The Old Man and The Old Moon
Lighting design by Kayleigha Zawacki. An old man with an important task he cannot leave must heed the call of adventure when his wife takes off on a journey without him.