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KAYLEIGHA ZAWACKI LIGHTING DESIGN RESUME

RELATED POSITIONS:

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre – Worcester State University (2024-Present)
  • Technical Director and Adjunct Faculty – Worcester State University (2024)
  • Lighting and Scenic Designer and Technical Director – Boston University Academy (2011-Present)
  • Event Lighting Project Manager and Designer – Event Illuminations (2015-2023)
  • Lighting Director and Designer – American College Dance Festival Association New England Regional Conferences (2014 and 2018)
  • Lighting Director and Designer – Boston Theatre Marathon XVII, producted by Boston Playwrights’ Theatre (2015)
  • Lighting Director and Designer – New Repertory Theatre Next Rep Festival (2015)

LIGHTING & THEATRE DESIGN SELECTED WORKS (*indicates a new play):

2025

  • The Rocky Horror Show (Light Design), Aiden Bourdeau, Director – Worcester State University
  • Eurydice (Light Design), Dori Robinson, Director – Brandeis University
  • The Frogs (Light, Projection, and Set Design), William Gardiner, Director – Boston University Academy

2024

  • Exit, Pursued by a Bear (Set Design), Adam Zahler, Director – Worcester State University
  • Theory of Relativity (Light and Set Design), William Gardiner, Director – Boston University Academy
  • Eurydice (Sound Design), Megan Schy Gleeson, Director – Worcester State University

2023

  • Clean Slate (Light and Set Design), William Gardiner, Director – Boston University Academy
  • Senior Studio Productions, written and directed by Brandeis University students (Light Design) – Brandeis University
  • Pride & Prejudice (Light and Set Design), William Gardiner, Director – Boston University Academy
  • Tuck Everlasting (Light Design), Jack Eagan and Ruby Metcalf, Directors – Newton North High School

2022

  • Boston Tea Party Reenactment at Old South Meeting House (Light Design), Gina Jamieson, Director – Revolutionary Spaces
  • *Representation and How to Get It (Light Design), Judy Braha, Director – Revolutionary Spaces
  • As You Like It (Light & Set Design), William Gardiner, Director – Boston University Academy

2020

  • *BEASTS (Light Design Concept), Kelly Gavin, Director – Boston Playwrights’ Theatre
  • Little Women (Light Design), Nichola Vargas, Director – Wheelock Family Theater

2019

  • Silent Sky (Light Design), Kathleen Sills, Director – Merrimack College
  • The Moors (Light Design), Kathleen Sills, Director – Merrimack College
  • As One (Light Design), Jim Petosa, Director – Opera Institute at Boston University

2018

  • It’s a Wonderful Life (Light Design), Tonasia Jones and Tyler Rosati, Directors – Greater Boston Stage Company
  • My Fair Lady (Light Design), Myriam Cyr, Director – Stage 284

THEATRE DESIGN AND TECHNICAL SKILLS:

  • Lighting Design
  • Scenic Design and Carpentry
  • Sound Design
  • Projection Design
  • Storytelling and Dramaturgy
  • Theatre Education
  • Vectorworks 2D and 3D
  • Lightwright
  • ETC Lighting Console Programming
  • Augment3d Virtual Rendering
  • WATCHOUT
  • QLab

ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER SPECIAL SKILLS:

  • Microsoft Office, Google, and Adobe Creative Suites
  • Video Conferencing
  • Event Management
  • Personnel Management
  • HTML
  • WordPress
  • Website Design and Maintenance
  • Graphic Design
  • GMAW Welding and Sculpture
  • Video Editing
  • Event and Fine Art Photography

EDUCATION AND AWARDS:

MFA in Lighting Design (January 2021) – Boston University – Boston, MA

BFA in Theatre Design with a Lighting Concentration (May 2014) – Boston University – Boston, MA (Summa Cum Laude)

Boston University Arts Initiative 2020 Graduate Art Research Grant

Awarded for Panthera tigris by the Boston University
Provost’s Arts Council Committee. Criteria for graduate arts research funding include potential impact and project feasibility.

Esther B. and Albert S. Khan Career Entry Award 2014

Based on “artistic talent and personal statements about their role as an
artist in society, their concern for social issues, and their vision for how they will use the award to help launch their career.”

SLECTED ART INSTALLATIONS:

 
Panthera tigris (2021) – Boston, MA
An immersive multimedia experience using repurposed materials to explore the impact of cohesive storytelling as a motivator for sustainable change.

Between the Crimes (2014) – Boston, MA
An installation featuring lit sculptures of Boston landmarks crafted from recylced positive Boston Globe articles to explore the lens through which we view the world.

Light Conversations (2014) – Boston, MA
A gallery of mixed-media pieces combining light as an artistic medium with sculpture, photography, and painting to inspire conversations about current social issues.