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Karyn D. Lawrence
Design Portfolio
[email protected]
Karyn
D.
Lawrence
KARYN D. LAWRENCE
LIGHTING DESIGNER
[email protected]
(760)717-2784
SELECTED DESIGN WORK
DIRECTOR
VENUE
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2006
Eli Simon
Paul Barnes
Loretta Livingston
Sheron Wray
Herbert Siguenza
Chris Marshall
Sara Guerrero
Suzanne Karpinski
Elsa Marinez Phillips
Chris Marshall
David McIntyre
Jason Spelbring
Anthony Sellars
Jose Casas
Ingrid Marquez
Jose Casas
Jason Spelbring
Chris Marshall
Amanda McRaven
Amanda McRaven
Meghan Brown
Theater Festival, Arezzo, Italy
Great River Shakespeare Festival
The Claire Trevor, UC Irvine
The Claire Trevor, UC Irvine
The Little Theater, UC Irvine
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
Breath of Fire, Santa Ana, CA
Sacred Fools, LA, CA
Breath of Fire, Santa Ana, CA
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
Sacred Fools, LA, CA
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
Golden West College, HB, CA
Breath of Fire, Santa Ana, CA
Breath of Fire, Santa Ana, CA
Breath of Fire, Santa Ana, CA
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
NYC Fringe Festival
Theatre of Note, LA, CA
Nixon Theater, UC Irvine
CLOWNZILLA: ILLEGAL ALIENS
THE DALY NEWS
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI
DANCE ESCAPE
THE HERBERT SIGUENZA PROJECT
ALL MY SONS
MEDEA
MADNESS IN VALENCIA
WHEN NATURE CALLS
WORKING
RESIGNATION DAY
TWELFTH NIGHT
BALLET REP FALL FESTIVAL
W.A.C. IRAQ
PORTRAIT OF 10 WOMEN
14
CINDERELLA, THE MUSICAL
SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION
WOOF DADDY
THE FAMINE PLAYS
TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS
ASSISTANT POSITIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
2009
2009
GOLDFISH
DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Assist. to Lonnie Alcaraz
Assist. to Lonnie Alcaraz
South Coast Repertory, CA
New Theater, Ashland, OR
PERFECT TEETH for CROCODILE LAND Producer, Set & Lighting Design Theatre 68, Hollywood, CA
BLUE SHADE
Co-designer, Stage Manager
Teatrul Mic, Bucharest,
(Transversal Theater Company’s Romanian tour)
Romania
2007 BLUE SHADE
Assist. to Lonnie Alcaraz
Little Theater, UCI and
Karyn
D. Lawrence is a theatrical lighting designer basedPoland/Czech
in Southern
(Transversal Theater Company’s Eastern European tour)
Republic
2008
2007
California. She earned her Master of Fine Arts Degree from the
Univeristy of California, IrvineEDUCATION
in lighting design in 2012. Over the past
*Currently
earning
an MFA
in Lighting
Design--The University
of California
Irvineas
(June
2012)
seven
years
Karyn
has
been designing
for companies
such
The
BA Degree in Drama and Psychology & Social Behavior--The University of California Irvine (June 2007)
University of California Irvine, South Coast Repertory, Great River
Shakespeare Festival, Breath
of Fire
Latina Theater Ensemble, and
TITLES
& AWARDS
Sacred Fools. She Co-Founder
was the 2012
recipient
of the
iSquint
of Giraffe
Hunt Theater,
Los Angeles,
CAStudent Design
for Sage
Hillresident
High School,
Newport, designer
CA
Competition Resident
Award,Lighting
and isDesigner
currently
the
lighting
for
Resident
Lighting
Designer
for
Breath
of
Fire
Latina
Ensemble,
Santa
Ana,
CA
Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble and Sage Hill High School. Her
2007 IES Intern for Architectural Lighting Design, LA & Orange County
work2006
hasMedici
also Grant
beenAward,
seenscholarship
in Italy,forPoland,
the Czech
and
summer theatre
study in Republic,
London, UCIrvine
Romania.
SKILLS & INTERESTS
Windows XP, MS Word, VectorWorks, Lightwright, MS Excel, Theater technical work (hang/focus/board op.)
Acting, drawing, photography, horseback riding, traveling, snowboarding, crocheting, and yoga
KARYN D. LAWRENCE!!
LIGHTING DESIGNER!
[email protected], www.KDLightingDesign.com
KARYN D. LAWRENCE
DIRECTOR
SELECTED DESIGN WORK 2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2010
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
The Claire Trevor, UC Irvine
[email protected]
Barclay Theatre, Irvine, CA
(760)717-2784
Segerstrom Concert
Hall, CA
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
The
Robert Cohen, UC Irvine
VENUE
The
Claire
Trevor,
UC Irvine
Theater
Festival,
Arezzo,
Italy
South
Rep, Santa Festival
Ana, CA
Great Coast
River Shakespeare
The
Trevor,UC
UCIrvine
Irvine
TheClaire
Claire Trevor,
The
Trevor,UC
UCIrvine
Irvine
TheClaire
Claire Trevor,
Sage
Hill High,
Newport,
CA
The Little
Theater,
UC Irvine
ABRAHAM
ISAAC IN JERUSALEM Dr. Robert
Cohen
2010 ALLAND
MY SONS
Chris Marshall
2009 MEDEA
Sara Moraga
Guerrero
DIGGING
UP THE DIRT
Cherrie
2009 MADNESSILLEGAL
IN VALENCIA
Suzanne Karpinski
CLOWNZILLA:
ALIENS
Eli Simon
2009 DALY
WHEN
NATURE CALLS
Marinez Phillips
THE
NEWS
PaulElsa
Barnes
2009
WORKING
Chris
Marshall
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI
Loretta Livingston
2009
RESIGNATION
DAY
David
McIntyre
DANCE ESCAPE
Sheron Wray
2008
TWELFTH
NIGHT
Jason
Spelbring
THE HERBERT SIGUENZA PROJECT
Herbert Siguenza
2008 MYBALLET
Anthony
Sellars
ALL
SONS REP FALL FESTIVAL
Chris
Marshall
2008
W.A.C.
IRAQ
Jose
Casas
MEDEA
Sara Guerrero
2008 PORTRAIT
OF 10 WOMEN
IngridKarpinski
Marquez
MADNESS
IN VALENCIA
Suzanne
2008
14
Jose
Casas
WHEN NATURE CALLS
Elsa Martinez Phillips
2008 CINDERELLA, THE MUSICAL
Jason Spelbring
WORKING
Chris
Marshall
2007 SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION
Chris Marshall
RESIGNATION DAY
David McIntyre
2007 WOOF DADDY
Amanda McRaven
TWELFTH
NIGHT
Jason
Spelbring
2007 THE FAMINE PLAYS
Amanda McRaven
BALLET
REP
FALL
FESTIVAL
Anthony
Sellars
2006 TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS
Meghan
Brown
The
Claire
Trevor,
UC Irvine
Sage
Hill High,
Newport,
CA
Breath of
of Fire,
Breath
Fire,Santa
SantaAna,
Ana,CA
CA
Sacred Fools,
LA,Arezzo,
CA
Theater
Festival,
Italy
BreathRiver
of Fire,
Santa Ana, CA
Great
Shakespeare
Festival
Sage
Hill
High,
Newport,
CA
The Claire Trevor,
UC Irvine
Sacred
Fools,
LA, CA
The
Claire
Trevor,
UC Irvine
Sage
Hill
High,
Newport,
CA
The Little Theater,
UC Irvine
Golden
West
College,
HB,
Sage Hill High, Newport,CA
CA
Breath of
of Fire,
Breath
Fire,Santa
SantaAna,
Ana,CA
CA
Breath Fools,
of Fire, LA,
SantaCA
Ana, CA
Sacred
Breath of
of Fire,
Breath
Fire,Santa
SantaAna,
Ana,CA
CA
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
Sacred Fools, LA, CA
NYC Fringe Festival
Sage
Hill High, Newport, CA
Theatre of Note, LA, CA
Golden
West College,
HB, CA
Nixon Theater,
UC Irvine
W.A.C. IRAQ
Jose Casas
PORTRAIT OF 10 WOMEN
Ingrid Marquez
ASSISTANT POSITIONS & SPECIAL
PROJECTS
14
Jose Casas
2009 GOLDFISH
Assist. to Lonnie Alcaraz
CINDERELLA, THE MUSICAL
Jason Spelbring
2009 DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE
Assist. to Lonnie Alcaraz
SCENES FROM
AN
EXECUTION
Chris
Marshall
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
WOOF
DADDY
Amanda
McRaven
Set & Lighting Design
2008 PERFECT TEETH for CROCODILE LAND Producer,
THE
FAMINE
PLAYS
Amanda
McRaven
2007 BLUE SHADE
Co-designer,
Stage Manager
(Transversal Theater Company’s Romanian tour)
SELECTED
ASSISTANT
AND ASSOCIATE
DESIGNS
2007 BLUE
SHADE
Assist. to Lonnie
Alcaraz
2011
2010
2009
2007
VENUE
DANCE
ESCAPE
Sheron Wray
LIGHTING
DESIGNER
DONALD MCKAYLE TRIBUTE
Stephanie Powell
PACIFIC SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA
ANNA KARENINA
Chris Marshall
WAITING
FOR GODOT
Cohen
SELECTED
DESIGN WORK Robert
DIRECTOR
SPELLING
BEE
2010 CLOWNZILLA:
ILLEGAL ALIENS Diana
EliGray
Simon
ANGEL
OF THE
SaraPaul
Guerrero
2010 THE
DALYDESERT
NEWS
Barnes
DANCE
VISIONS GRAFFITI
LisaLoretta
NaugleLivingston
2010 PHYSICAL
-CONTINENTS
HUMANITY
Donald
McKayle
2010 DANCEOF
ESCAPE
Sheron
Wray
CHARLIE
Kildare
HERBERT SIGUENZA PROJECT Mary
Herbert
Siguenza
2010 THEBROWN
Breath of Fire, Santa Ana, CA
Breath of Fire, Santa Ana, CA
Breath of Fire, Santa Ana, CA
South Coast Repertory, CA
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
New Theater, Ashland, OR
Sage Hill High, Newport, CA
NYC
Fringe
Festival CA
Theatre
68, Hollywood,
Theatre
of
Note,
LA, CA
Teatrul Mic, Bucharest,
Romania
Little Theater, UCI and
Republic
ThePoland/Czech
Utah Shakespeare
Festival
(Transversal
Theater Company’s
European
tour)
THE RANDALL
THEATER
SEASON Eastern
Assist.
To Jaymi
Smith
OTHELLO, COMEDY OF ERRORS
Assist. to Lonnie Alcaraz
Great River Shakespeare Festival
DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE
Assist.
to Lonnie Alcaraz
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
EDUCATION
BLUE SHADE
Co-designer,
Stage
Manager
Bucharest,
Romania
*Currently earning an MFA in Lighting
Design--The
University
of California
Irvine (June
2012)
(Transversal
Company’s
Eastern
European
tour) University
Poland/Czech
Republic
BA DegreeTheater
in Drama
and Psychology
& Social
Behavior--The
of California
Irvine (June 2007)
TITLES
& AWARDS
EDUCATION
Co-Founder
of Giraffe
Hunt Theater,
Los Angeles,
CA(June 2012)
MFA in Lighting
Design--The
University
of California
Irvine
Resident
Lighting
Designer
for
Sage
Hill
High
School,
Newport,
CA Irvine (June 2007)
BA Degree in Drama and Psychology & Social Behavior--The University of California
Resident Lighting Designer for Breath of Fire Latina Ensemble, Santa Ana, CA
2007 IES Intern for Architectural Lighting Design, LA & Orange County
TITLES
2006 Medici Grant Award, scholarship
for summer theatre study in London, UCIrvine
ISquint Student Design Competition Winner, 2012
Resident Lighting Designer
for &
Sage
Hill High School, Newport, CA
SKILLS
INTERESTS
Lighting
Designer Lightwright,
for Breath of
Fire
Latina
Ensemble,
CA
WindowsResident
XP, MS Word,
VectorWorks,
MS
Excel,
Theater
technicalSanta
work Ana,
(hang/focus/board
op.)
2007
IES Intern
for Architectural
Lighting
Design,
LA & Orange
Countyand yoga
Acting,
drawing,
photography,
horseback riding,
traveling,
snowboarding,
crocheting,
VectorWorks, Lightwright, Autocad, Photoshop, Windows XP, MS Word, MS Excel
“Waiting for Godot”
University of California, Irvine
Directed by
Dr. Robert Cohen
This production of Waiting for Godot embraced the classical theatrical elements of the play and added the beautiful, silent season of winter to the environment. Vladimir and Estragon are in a perpetual state of waiting, where time cyclically trudges onward in a seemingly endless form of existence. An icy tree along with a haunting moon and occasional snowfall adorn the snow covered wooden stage.
“The Donald McKayle Tribute”
The Irvine Barclay Theater
Artistic Director: Stephanie Powell
Dance Companies: Alvin Ailey, Philadanco, Lula WAshington Dance Theater, The Wooden Floor, Dance Theater of Harlem, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company, Jazz Antiqua Dance Ensemble, Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and UCI Etude Ensemble.
Numerous world-­renowned dance companies came together for an exhilarating night of dance and celebration to honor choreographer Donald McKayle for his contributions to modern dance.
“Anna Karenina”
Sage Hill High School
Newport, CA
Directed by
Christopher
Marshall
Anna Karenina used harsh, sharp squares of conDining downlight to not only provide the setting for each scene, but to also let the audience feel the brewing emotional turmoil within Anna that eventually causes her to take her own life.
“The 25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling Bee”
University of California, Irvine
Directed by
Diana Gray
A bright, upbeat musical with tender emotional moments, Spelling Bee relied on lighting to transform the larger than life yellow gymnasium into colorful, bold places of childhood magic and memories.
“Angel of the Desert”
South Coast Repertory Theater
Breath of Fire Latina Ensemble
Santa Ana, CA
Directed by
Sara Guerrero
A new work of magical realism, Angel of the Desert tells the story of an orphan child with dirty wings, longing to Dind love and acceptance in a cruel and unforgiving world. Lighting was able to portray both the harsh, violent desert environment and the loving moments of angelic hope.
“The Glass Menagerie”
University of California, Irvine
Directed by
Adrian Balbontin
With very little scenery, this production of The Glass Menagerie allowed the lighting to have a delicate and broken quality that gradually exposed the frailness of the characters and their unraveling lives.
“Dance Visions”
University of California, Irvine
Directed by
Lisa Naugle
Choreographers:
Donald McKayle
Molly Lynch
Sheron Wray
From classical ballet to contemporary pop-­
modern pieces, Dance Visions 2011 showcased a unique array of talents from the University of California, Irvine’s top faculty choreographers.
“Charlie Brown”
Sage Hill High School
Newport, CA
Directed by
Mary Kildare
This play was a lively, bright and colorful production about everyone’s favorite cartoon character, Charlie Brown. Bold washes of color and bright punchy musical numbers deDined the style of this production.
“Abraham and Isaac In Jerusalem”
University of California, Irvine
Directed by
Dr. Robert Cohen
Produced with both the set and the audience on the stage of the Claire Trevor Theater, Abraham and Isaac in Jerusalem follows a group of American students who are producing a biblical play in Jerusalem. The lighting reDlected both the Jerusalem festival that the students were participating in as well as the magical mountain that the biblical play calls for. Holy backlight, festival string lights, and rich storybook colors treated the white marble stone stage.
“Digging Up the Dirt”
Breath of Fire Latina Ensemble
Santa Ana, CA
Directed by
Cherrie Moraga &
Adelina Anthony
A play about violence, art, and the destructive qualities of love, Digging Up the Dirt was a heart wrenching production with bold, jewel-­toned lighting looks reminiscent of never-­ending desert sunsets.
“The Daly News”
Great River Shakespeare Festival
Winona, MN
Directed by
Paul Barnes
The Daly News is a nostalgic family tale told through a series of journals written out of a father’s love and determination to keep his family connected during times of war and separation. Lighting helped move the story from the musical memories found in the letters to the bittersweet reality using textures, bold colors, and warm vintage travel posters. “Dance Escape 2010”
University of California, Irvine
Directed by
Sheron Wray
Dance Escape 2010 was an elegant showcase of works from the University of California, Irvine’s graduate student choreographers.
“Physical Graffiti 2010”
University of California, Irvine
Directed by
Loretta Livingston
Physical GrafUiti 2010 was choreographed by undergraduate students and ranged from stories of evil queens to modern industrial dances to soft feminine pieces.
“The Herbert Siguenza Project”
University of California, Irvine
Directed by
Herbert Siguenza
The Herbert Siguenza Project provided the students of UCI a unique opportunity to work with Herbert Siguenza of Culture Clash to develop a new original work by interviewing individuals on the topic of survival. A warm wall of text and projection images were offset by a background of deep colors while the numerous vignettes required lighting to have a delicate speciDicity to highlight the action and draw attention .
“All My Sons”
Sage Hill High School
Newport, CA
Directed by
Christopher
Marshall
A family’s secrets are revealed and lives are destroyed in this play of familial facades. The juxtaposition of a natural setting of real grass with the crumbling wall of projections as well as a language of isolated pools of light made for a beautifully designed tragedy.
“Medea”
Breath of Fire
Latina Ensemble
Santa Ana, CA
Directed by
Sara Guerrero
A dark and sultry retelling of Medea’s love-­driven murderous acts, this production of Medea combined the classic story elements of love and jealousy with the cultural ties of family and loyalty.
“Dance Escape 2012”
The University of California, Irvine
Directed by
Sheron Wray
Dance Escape 2012 featured works from graduate choreographers and ranged from mysterious black light pieces to 1950’s romantic comedies.
“Fall Festival”
Ballet Repertory Theatre
Huntington Beach, CA
Directed by
Anthony Sellars
The Grammy Museum
Los Angeles, CA
David Malman
Architectural Lighting Design
The Grammy Museum was a project that called for an assistant to take the lighting designer’s vision and execute it in the space by installing, focusing, and coloring Dixtures to best treat the musical displays.
Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”
Sage Hill High School
Newport, CA
Directed by
Jason Spelbring
Produced in an outdoor courtyard, this production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night was performed in a thrust conDiguration with beautiful stone columns, layers of texture through trees, and the natural setting sun to tell the story. The lighting had to work with the vast setting in order to keep things brightly lit for the comedic aspects of the play as well as reveal time of day.
“Perfect Teeth for
Crocodile Land”
Theatre 68
Hollywood, CA
Directed by
Meghan Brown
Perfect Teeth for Crocodile Land served as the premiere offering from Giraffe Hunt Theater, a production company created by myself and two other UCI alumni. We co-­produced the show in Hollywood. I also designed the set and costumes, which was an invaluable learning experience for me.
“W.A.C. Iraq”
Breath of Fire Latina Ensemble
Santa Ana, CA
Directed by
Jose Casas
W.A.C. Iraq was a play that twisted stories from American soldiers and Iraqi citizens until their unbelievable stories inevitably crossed paths. Lighting took on the qualities of camouDlage to highlight the soldier’s story. It also portrayed beautiful hot red-­orange sunsets that hinted at the Dire and pain that results from war. “Cinderella, the Musical”
Sage Hill High School
Newport, CA
Directed by Jason Spelbring
Cinderella, the Musical was a classic fairy tale princess story that called for a large stage and the color pink! The lighting had a sparkly quality with hanging string lights for the ball, and a purple hazy movement for the magical fairy godmother.
“Scenes from an Execution”
Sage Hill High School
Newport, CA
Directed by
Christopher Marshall
A play about the consequences of truth and art, the ally seating arrangement allowed one wall to represent a giant solid red painting on which shadows of the actors were cast, creating beautiful “paintings” with light during the production.
“The Famine Plays”
Theatre of Note
Los Angeles, CA
Directed by
Amanda McRaven
An apocalyptic tale of our Dinal hours, The Famine Plays traces the last moments of a hopeless struggle to resist bestiality and cling to any remaining strands of humanity. Lighting helped to portray a suffocating desert heat and the feeling of being utterly alone in a vast wasteland.
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Class Projects and Realized Work
Architectural Renderings
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