Laurel Shoemaker | scenic and lighting designer

Lighting Design (selections)

• Opera Outdoors (09/2013 & 2014)
     Opera Omaha - Omaha, NE
     William Shomos - Director
• Flipside: The Patti Page Story (12/2012)
      59 E 59^th Theatre - NY, NY
      Greg White - Director
• Dance Gala (2000-2014)
     Hancher Auditorium - Iowa City, IA
     George De La Pena - Director
• O Pioneers! (Premier)(11/2012)
     Kimball Recital Hall - Lincoln, NE
     William Shomos - Director
• The Marriage of Figaro (07/2011)
     Kimball Recital Hall - Lincoln, NE
     William Shomos - Director
• Beckys New Car (06/2010)
     Nebraska Repertory Theatre Co. - Lincoln, NE
     D. Scott Glasner - Director
• Humble Boy (03/2009)
     Nebraska Repertory Theatre Co. - Lincoln, NE
     Geoffrey Tangeman - Director
• Dancers in Company
     Space Place Theatre - Iowa City, IA
     Elloy Barrigan - Executive Director
• First Light (08/2009)
     Hubbard Street 2 - Chicago, IL
     Alehandro Ceruda - Choreographer
• Evenings of Dance (05/2008)
     Carson Theatre - Lincoln, NE
     Susan Levine Ourada - Choreographer
• The Marriage Contract (05/2007)
     Clapp Recital Hall - Iowa City, IA
     Gary Briggle - Director
• The Rape of Lucretia (05/2005)
     Clapp Recital Hall - Iowa City, IA
     Gary Race - Director
• Gianni Schicci (07/2005)
     Clapp Recital Hall - Iowa City, IA
     Gary Race - Director
• The Poetry of Physics (01/2003)
     Joyce SOHO - NY, NY
     Charlotte Adams - Choreographer
• Le Nozze De Figaro (11/2002)
     Hancher Auditorium - Iowa City, IA
     Sally Stunkel - Director
• The Pathology of Love (01/2001)
     Joyce SOHO - NY, NY
     Charlotte Adams - Choreographer
• 1993 Season (08/1993)
     Nebraska Theatre Caravan Tour
     Susan Bear Collins - Director

Lighting Direction

• Chicago Dance Festival (08/2007-present)
•       Lar Lubovich - Artistic Drirector
        Todd Clark - Production Manager
• Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (01/2013-2014)
•       Brad Buffum - Festival Host
• Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (03/2011)
•      - Three to the Max, Ohad Naharin - Choreographer
• Kennedy Center American College Dance Festival (2006)
•       Alan Sener - Festival Host
  • North Carolina Dance Theatre (1986)
  •       Salvatore Aiello - Artistic Director
  
  Employment
     University of Nebraska–Lincoln (1993 –present)
• Assistant Professor – Lighting Design (2010-present)
• Adjunct Professor (1993-2010)

   Berggren Architects (1987 – 2010)
     Lighting & Color Designer/Drafter: Renovation/Restoration/New Construction

   North Carolina Dance Theatre (1986)
     Lighting Designer
     Electrician (Spring Tour, 1986)

   Freelance Designer (1982 to present)
     New York, Iowa, Connecticut, Florida, Los Angeles, Oklahoma & Nebraska

Education
     Florida State University – Tallahassee, Florida
          Master of Fine Arts in Theatrical Design/Lighting (1982)
     University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Nebraska
          Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatrical Design (1979)
     Southeast Community College – Milford, Nebraska
          Associate of Applied Science in Architectural Technology (1987 with honors)

Awards & Activities

• National Opera Association - Opera Production Competition
       First Place - Cosi Fan Tutti 1999, University of Nebraska
       First Place - Street Scene 2001-University of Nebraska
       First Place - The Marriage of Figaro 2002-University of Iowa
       First Place – Dead Man Walking 2008-University of Nebraska
• Bike Sculptor, Tour de Lincoln Public Art Project, Lincoln Nebraska