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Heather Reynolds

Assistant Professor of Lighting Design
Sch of Theatre Dance and Film
Office
CE Centennial East 210
Office Hours
Available by appointment.
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Biography

Heather received her BA in Theatre from Florida State University, and recieved her MFA in Lighting Design from the University of Maryland - College Park. Selected credits include Disaster (Arizona Broadway Theatre) The Voices on Blackwell Island (Signature Theatre Company), By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (University of Maryland), La Bohéme (Maryland Opera Studio), Head Over Heels (George Mason University), Urinetown, Assassins, and The Laramie Project for Southern Utah University, Hamlet (Utah Shakespeare Festival), The Buddy Holly Story (The Palace Theatre in the Dells) and A Christmas Story (Arizona Broadway Theatre). She has also worked with Shakespeare Theatre Company, the Vineyard Theatre, the Folger Theatre, the Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Maine State Music Theatre, and Sundance Summer Theatre.

Her research interests lie in continued creative activity as a lighting designer, and in developing alternative tools for lighting designers using 3D printing and other consumer manufacturing technologies. In her free time she hangs out with her dog, Diana, and hunts for the perfect al pastor taco.

Her portfolio can be found at http://www.hreynoldsdesign.com/.

Current Courses

THE 464.002 Advanced Projects In Design

THE 309.002 Directed Projects

THE 309.005 Directed Projects

THE 287.003 Independent Study

THE 400.005 Independent Study

THE 261.001 Lighting For Stage

THE 261.002 Lighting For Stage

THE 501.001 M.F.A. Portfolio: Lighting Design

THE 498.001 Professional Practice

THE 461.001 Seminar In Lighting Design Studies

THE 302.003 Theatre Practicum

THE 302.008 Theatre Practicum

THE 291.001 Undergraduate Teaching Experience In Theatre

MFA Lighting Design

University of Maryland
College Park, MD

BA Theatre

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Grants & Contracts

An Exploration of 3D Printing Application in Entertainment Lighting & Fabrication. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2025)

Performances and Exhibits

A Christmas Story
Heather Reynolds
November 2025 - November 2025
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Heather Reynolds
June 2025 - June 2025
Cinderella
Heather Reynolds
June 2025 - June 2025
Escobar's Hippo
Heather Reynolds
February 2025 - February 2025
Hamlet
Heather Reynolds
July 2025 - July 2025
The Art of Dining
Heather Reynolds
November 2025 - November 2025
The Importance of Being Earnest
Heather Reynolds
June 2025 - June 2025
Frozen
Heather Reynolds
June 2024 - July 2024
Macbeth
Heather Reynolds
July 2024 - August 2024
Sense & Sensibility
Heather Reynolds
June 2024 - August 2024
Twelfth Night
Heather Reynolds
June 2024 - August 2024

Presentations

Getting Started in Vectorworks Professional Development Workshop. 2025 USITT National Conference. United States Institute for Theatre Technology. (2025)