LAUREN DUFFIE

is a lighting designer for the stage (with a secret love for event lighting).

She began designing in London (King’s Head Theatre, Etcetera Theatre, British MTV, Edinburg Festival) before moving to NYC in 1999.

Broadway credits include: The Downtown Messiah (WFC WinterGarden), Round About (Lynch Theatre in association with Lincoln Center). Off-Broadway and notable NYC favorites: Navigator in Love, A Toy Gun (Red Lab), Beef (SLANT Theatre Project); In the Room (Wheelhouse Theatre, 5 NYIT nominations), Summer and Smoke (ALD, Transport Group / Classic Stage), The Blue Carbuncle, Gift of the Magi (Stage M12); Reparations (Producer’s Club), Project: Ground Control (BAM-Brooklyn), Ballet Folklorico (Abrons Art Center) among many, many others.

Thirteen National Tours include: Black Broadway, Unforgettable Nat King Cole, Mahalia: a Gospel Musical, Unsinkable Women, My Soul is a Witness, Jackie Vi & Lena, Rejoice Dear Hearts, An Evening with Brother Dave Garner.

A few Regional highlights: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, The Weir, Fefu & her Friends (Riverside Theatre); Henry V, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park, Iowa City); Constellations, Marie Antoinette (CTA Award: Best Lighting Design), Glengarry Glen Ross, Fun Home (PURE Theatre, Charleston, SC); The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life, Lobby Hero, Unforgettable Nat King Cole, Status Update (Piccolo Spoleto Festival USA); Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Cabaret, The Tempest, RENT (Designing Guest Artist, College of Charleston), Moments of Joy (Guest Artist, LSU), Stages (Furman University), Harvey, Steel Magnolias (Heritage Theatre Festival).

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Lauren has lit dozens of rock shows with musicians such as Billy Idol, Herbie Hancock, Nickel Creek, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Christopher O’Riley, David Johansen (New York Dolls), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Magnetic Fields, and Keith Urban.

She has held design residencies at the late Bottom Line Cabaret (NYC), Etcetera Theatre (London), JENA Company (NYC), and PURE Theatre (Charleston, SC). She has worked extensively for Encore National Tours, the Classical Theatre of Harlem, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (NYC), New York City Fashion Week, CBGB, British MTV, VH1, CMT, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and Kevin Bacon.

Lauren is currently Professor of Lighting Design at College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. She is Affiliate Professor of Design with Theatrical Intimacy Education.

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MFA in Lighting Design- University of Virginia.• BA in Theatre- College of Charleston