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Brandon Wardell

Lighting and Scenic Design for Theatre, Opera, and Dance

  • Lighting and Scenic Design
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  • NIU
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Lighting Design  
 

Lela & Co, directed by Robin Witt
Steep Theatre Company 2017

Becky Shaw, directed by Scott Weinstein
Windy City Playhouse 2017

Men on Boats, directed by Will Davis
American Theatre Company 2017

Earthquakes In London, directed by Jonathan Berry
Steep Theatre Company, 2017

Million Dollar Quartet, directed by Scott Weinstein
Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival 2016

Chicago Voices, A.D. by Alejandra Boyer
Lyric Unlimited/The Lyric Opera 2016

Reprise, directed by Sarah Rose Graber
ASC/National Theatre of Scotland 2016

Wastwater, directed by Robin Witt
Steep Theatre Company 2016

Bat Boy the Musical, directed by Scott Weinstein
Griffin Theatre Company 2016

Heathers the Musical, directed by Jim Baudry
Kokandy Productions 2016

London Wall, directed by Robin Witt
Griffin Theatre Company 2016

Brilliant Adventures, directed by Robin Witt
Steep Theatre Company 2015

The Game of Love and Chance, directed by David Frank
American Players Theatre 2015

Into The Woods, directed by Scott Weinstein
Northwestern University Theatre 2015

Yankee Tavern, directed by Joanie Schultz
American Blues Theatre 2015

Men Should Weep, directed by Robin Witt
Griffin Theatre Company 2014

Titanic, directed by Scott Weinstein
Griffin Theatre Company 2014

Agreed Upon Fictions, directed by Megan Schuchman
16th Street Theatre, 2014

Assassins, directed by Rachel Harvith
Kokandy Productions, 2014

Spark, directed by Rives Collins
Adventure Stage Chicago 2014

If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet, directed by Jonathan Berry
Steep Theatre Company, Chicago 2014

Woyzeck, directed by Alexander Gelman
Northern Illinois University 2014

Six Stories Tall, directed by Tom Arvetis
Adventure Stage Chicago and The Auditorium Theatre, 2013-14

Strangers, Babies.  Directed by Brad Akin
Steep Theatre Company 2014

The Chorus Girl Plays, directed by Robert Chevara
Provincetown T. Williams Festival 2013

Juliet, A Dialogue About Love, directed by Robin Witt
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013

The City and The City, directed by Dorothy Milne
 Lifeline Theatre Company, Chicago 2013

Reverb, directed by Jonathan Berry
Redtwist Theatre Company, Chicago 2013

Flare Path, directed by Robin Witt
Griffin Theatre Company, Chicago 2013

Sticks and Stones, chor. by Paula Frasz and Brian Carey Chung
Danszloop Chicago/Collective Body Dance Lab, Chicago and NYC 2012

The Life of Death, directed by Carolyn Guido
Wildclaw Theatre Company, Chicago 2012

The Great American Trailer Park Musical, directed by Jonathan Glover
Kokandy Productions, Chicago 2012

Love and Money, directed by Robin Witt
Steep Theatre Company, Chicago 2011

The Winter’s Tale, directed by Stanton Davis
Northern Illinois University, 2011

The Count of Monte Cristo, directed by Paul Holmquist
Lifeline Theatre Company, Chicago 2011

Pornography, directed by Robin Witt
Steep Theatre Company, Chicago 2011

The Moonstone, directed by Paul Holmquist
Lifeline Theatre Compny, Chicago 2011

Twelfth Night, directed by Alexander Gelman
Northern Illinois University, 2011

A Brief History of Helen of Troy, directed by Joanie Schultz
Steep Theatre Company, Chicago 2010

The Ghosts of Treasure Island, directed by Amanda Delheimer
Adventure Stage Chicago, 2010

Harper Regan, directed by Robin Witt
Steep Theatre Company, Chicago 2010

Aunt Dan And Lemon, directed by Matthew Reeder
Backstage Theatre Company, Chicago 2009

The Hollow Lands, directed by Jonathan Berry
Steep Theatre Company, Chicago 2009

On An Average Day, directed by Matthew Reeder
Backstage Theatre Company, Chicago 2009

The Robber Bridegroom, directed by Paul Holmquist
Griffin Theatre Company, Chicago 2009

John & Jen, directed by Rachel Rockwell
Appletree Theatre, Highland Park 2008

Jitney, directed by Jonathan Wilson
Pegasus Players, Chicago 2008

 

Scenic Design
 

Chicago Voices, A.D. by Alejandra Boyer
Lyric Unlimited/The Lyric Opera 2016

Sherlock Holmes, directed by Rachel Edwards Harvith
Raven Theatre Company 2015

New Kid, directed by Julie Ritchie
ASC/North Park University 2015

Strangers, Babies directed by Brad Akin
Steep Theatre Company 2013

Six Stories Tall, directed by Tom Arvetis
Adventure Stage Chicago 2013

The Fulton Street Sessions, directed by Zeljko Djukic
TUTA Chicago 2012

Three Days of Rain, directed by Matthew Reeder
Backstage Theatre Company 2011

The Chicago Landmark Project, Artistic Direction by Brian Golden
Theatre 7 of Chicago 2011

Baal, directed by Zeljko Djukic
TUTA Chicago 2010

Orange Flower Water, directed by Jessica Hutchinson
Backstage Theatre Company 2010

Maria’s Field, directed by Luda Lopatina and Zeljko Djukic
TUTA Chicago 2009

In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, directed by Joanie Schultz
Steep Theatre Company 2009

Holes, directed by Matthew Reeder
Adventure Stage Chicago 2008

Dracula, directed by Blake Montgomery
The Building Stage 2008

Be More Chill, directed by Jonathan Berry
Griffin Theatre Company 2008

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, directed by Jonathan Berry
Steep Theatre Company 2007

* Denotes Company Affiliation

 

Teaching Experience
 

2011-              Assistant Professor of Lighting Design, Northern Illinois University
2010-2011       Instructor, Northern Illinois University
2008-2011      Adjunct Faculty, Illinois Wesleyan University, Columbia College Chicago
2008-2010     Adjunct Faculty, University of Chicago, North Park University, North Central College

 

Education
 

2007             M.F.A. Northwestern University, Lighting and Scenic Design
2001             B.S. Loyola University Chicago

 

 

 

Resume

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