by Dave Malloy

Riverside Theatre
Iowa City, IA

Directed by Chris Okiishi
Music Director: Jason Sifford
Vocal Director: Mary Jane Knight

“Lauren Duffie’s lighting design transports the action between scenarios in pulsating, vibrant ways”

“…Riverside’s elite team of actors, directors, designers, and musicians [have] soared alongside the comet on a fiery trajectory that brought cheers throughout Friday’s opening night performance, and an immediate standing ovation.” -The Gazette

Scenic Design: S. Benjamin Farrar
Costume Design: Jill Van Brussel
Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Sound Design: Andrew Stewart
Choreographer: Leslie Nolte
Props: Stephen Polchert
Stage Manager: Ray Vanek
Assistant Stage Managers: J. Tucker, Maggie McClellan
Programmer: Merric Bower
Technical Director: Chris Rich 
Photo credits: Rob Merritt

Featuring: Kristen Behrendt DeGrazia, Niyati Deshpande, Patrick DuLaney, Mia Gimenez, Anthony Hendricks, Tyler Jensen, Robert Kemp, Mary Jane Knight, Anna Novak, and Austin Wicke

Spring 2022

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
directed by Evan Parry

THE SOTTILE THEARE
CofC Stages in conjunction with
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Charleston, SC

Conductor: Yuriy Bekker
Music Directors: Saundra DeAthos-Meers, Wojciech Milewski
Assistant Conductor: Wojciech Milewski

Scenic Designer: Carrie Ferrelli
Costume Designer: Janine McCabe
Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Sound Designer: Evie Palmisano
Choreographer: Kristin Alexander

Technical Director: JD Stallings
Costume Shop Manager: Ellen Swick
Stage Manager: Brittanee Clark

Assistant Choreographer: Claire Natiez
Assistant Scenic Designers: Ethan Robey, Max Marshall
Assistant Lighting Designers: Sara Whitehead, Chris Warzynski

Featuring:
Brian Mengler, Seth Younglove, Abigail Erin Oldstrom, Meleana Cabales, Charity Jones, Andy Michota, Lauren Funkhouser, Sebastian Cabrera, Madison Berry, Jonathan Gragg, Sara Fullford, Hälis Rünk, Molly O’Connor, Chloe Henderson, Katie Matsui, Justin Floyd, Joshua Brock, Logan Smith, Jessica Shamble, Jimmy Cyganek, Mary Reynolds, Madison Robertson, Lucy Dantz, Halle White, Charlotte Ulhmann, Whitney Green

Spring 2022

by María Irene Fornés
Directed by Juliana Frey-Méndez

RIVERSIDE THEATRE
Iowa City, IA

Scenic Designer: Bethany Kasperek
Costume Designer: Daniella Toscano
Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Assistant Lighting Designer: Sara Whitehead
Props Designer: Stephen Polchert

Stage Manager: Melissa L.F. Turner
Dramaturg: Anna Novak
Intimacy Director: Carrie Pozdol
Music Direction: Mary Jane Knight
Safety Director: Kevin Michael Moore
Assistant Director: Mackenzie Elsbecker
Assistant Stage Manager: Reese Morgan
Backstage Crew: Faith Harlow, Zhenya Lougheny

Production Photos: Rob Merritt
Graphic Design: Stacia Rain Stonerook

Featuring:
Sara Ashbaugh, Claire Boston, Kirsten Brooks, Olivia K. Foster, Jo Jordan, Kathleen M. Guerrero, Karlē J. Meyers, Christina Sullivan

Spring 2023

By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare in the Park
Iowa City, IA

Directed by Adam Knight
Produced by Riverside Theatre

Lighting: Lauren Duffie
Scenic: Shawn Ketchum Johnson
Costumes: Abigail Coleman
Props: Stephen Polchert

Music Coordinator: Anna Novak
Intimacy Director: Carrie Pozdol
Fight Choreo: K. Michael Moore
Stage Manager: Melissa L.F. Turner

Graphic Design: Stacia Rain Stonerook
Photo Credit: Rob Merritt

With: Olivia K. Foster, Sarah Gazdowicz, Saffron Henke, Monté J. Howell, HwaYoun Kang, Robert Kemp, Jacob Kostiv Lopez, K. Michael Moore, Bob Mussett, Anna Novak , Aaron Stonerook, Christina Sullivan

by Johann Strauss II
Director: Peter Spearman
Associate Director: Saundra DeAthos-Meers
Music Director: Wojciech Milewski

CofC Stages, CofC Opera,
and The Charleston Symphony Orchestra

The Sottile Theatre,
Charleston, SC

Scenic Designer: Jonathan Wentz
Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Costume Designer: Janine McCabe
Sound Designer: Miles Boinest

Technical Director:JD Stallings
Costume Shop Manager: Ellen Swick
Stage Manager: Bambi Barr
Choreographer: Kristin Alexander

Photo credits: David Mandel

February 2023

by Qui Nguyen
Directed by Marianne Kubik

Ruth Caplin Theatre
UVA Department of Drama
Charlottesville, VA

“wildly, wonderfully creative”
C-Ville Weekly

Lighting: Lauren Duffie
Scenic: Milo Bue & Jeff Kmiec
Sound: Thomas Davis
Costumes: Cee Cee Swalling
Puppets: Jess Burnam
Projections: Mona Karsa
Technical Director: James Nicholas
Head Electrician: Justin Poruban

photos: James Nicholas

World Premiere by Lawrence Dial
Directed by Adam Knight

SLANT Theatre Project
with Kelli Giddish &
Wheelhouse Theatre Company
NYC

"Solid and smart... Thoroughly transporting." 
-THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Lighting design by Lauren Duffie [is] particularly impressive"
-THEATRE EASY NYC

Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Sound Design: Toby Jaguar Algya
Costume Design: Kristina Makowski
Line Producer: Jeff Wise
Composer: Josh Kight
Press Rep: Emily Owens
PSM: Sarah Machiko Haber
Production Consultant: Nick Millswith Matt Harrington, Rueben Barsky, Suzy Jane Hunt, Chelsea Melone, Susan Neuter, Jacob Perkins, Robert Karma Robinson and Rami Malek.

Nominated for five 2017 New York Innovative Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Director and Outstanding Premier Production of a Play

Fall 2016

by Mary Chase
Directed by Desdemona Chiang

Heritage Theatre Festival
Ruth Caplin Theatre
Charlottesville, VA

Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Scenic Design: Cathrine Cornell
Sound Design: Michael Rasbury
Costume Design: Lauren Gaston

Production Manager: Steven Warner
Technical Director: Chris Ribiski
Head Electrician: Brian Morris
Festival Director: Jenny Whales
photo credits: Jack Looney

Summer 2018

by Conor McPherson
Directed by Adam Knight

RIVERSIDE THEATRE
Iowa City, IA

“I felt warmed, invited, cozy and home. That’s an impressive feat from just the opening light cue”

“…all subsequent lighting shifts…drew me in further to the warmth of the narrative..” -Little Village Press

Scenic Designer: S. Benjamin Farrar
Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Costume Designer: Abigail Coleman
Sound Designer: Bri Atwood
Props Designer: Stephen Polchert

Stage Manager: Maggie McClellan
ASM: Sara Ashbaugh
Operator: Jeremy Richardson
Dialect Coach: Katy Hahn

Graphic Design: Stacia Rain Stonerook
Photo Credit: Rob Merritt

Featuring:
Elliott Bales, Tim Budd, Bob Mussett, Aaron Stonerook, Noel VanDenBosch

Fall 2022

by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Gary DeWitt Marshall

Sottile Theatre
CofC Stages
Charleston, SC

Scenic Design: Jonathan Wentz
Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Associate Lighting Design: Alex Jones, Chris Warzynski
Costume Design: Zach Kobylarz, Ambernice Tolliver
Sound Design: Eli Salas
Projection Design: Madison Berry, Chris Warzynski, Eli Salas
Hair, Wig, and Make-Up Design: Lauryn Gadson
Properties: Bristol Barnes, Madison Berry, Zach Kobylarz, Ambernice Tolliver
Assistant Scenic Design: Madison Berry
Research Assistant: Allison Jones

Choreographer: Jah’mar Coakley
Intimacy Coordinator: Nakeisha Daniel

Stage Manager: Mikaela Phillips
Assistant Stage Manager: Olivia Maness

Artistic Director: Janine McCabe
Costume Shop Manager: Ellen Swick
Director of Theatre: Nakeisha Daniel
Production Supervisor: Miles Boinest
Sound Design Advisor: Caleb Garner
Stage Management Advisor: Susan Kattwinkel

Technical Director: JD Stallings
Scenic Charge: Jonathan Wentz
Properties Lead: Jonathan Wentz
Head Electrician: Bootsie Baldwin
Sound/Mic Technician: Jacob Reiss

Photo credits: Madison Berry, Lauren Duffie

Spring 2023

by Philip Dawkins
Directed by Rodney Lee Rogers

PURE Theatre
Charleston, SC

Artistic Director: Sharon Graci

Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Costume Design: Janine McCabe
Scenic Design: Ann Taylor
Sound Design: Miles Boinest
Technical Direction: Richard Heffner


Photos by David Mandel

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Adam Knight

Shakespeare in the Park
Iowa City, IA

produced by Riverside Theatre

“…the action is bathed in Lauren Duffie’s gorgeous, rich lighting design after the sun sets…” -The Gazette

Scenic Designer: Marianna Coffey
Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Costume Designer: Abigail Coleman
Assistant Costumes: Jill Klinkefus
Properties: Stephen Polchert
Fight Choreographer: Kevin Michael Moore
Intimacy Director: Carrie Pozdol

Technical Director: Chris Rich
ATD: Jeremy Richardson

Stage Manager: Melissa L. F. Turner
ASMs: Covid Safety Managers: Sarahann Kolder, Olivia Leslie, Kyle Schindler

photo credits: Ayrton Breckenridge, Rob Merritt

Summer 2022

by Lydia R. Diamond
Directed by Jennifer Nelson

Ruth Caplin Theatre
UVA Department of Drama
Charlottesville, VA

Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Set Designer: Bill Clark
Sound Designer: Julie Briski
Costume Designer: Bill Clark

Production Manager: Steven Warner
Technical Director: JD Stallings
Master Electrician: Justin Poruban

by Moliere
directed by Sabin Reese Epstein

UVA Department of Drama
Ruth Caplin Theatre
Charlottesville, VA

Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Set Designer: Jeffry Kmiec
Sound Designer: Savannah Hard
Costume Designer: Katherine Stefl

Production Manager: Steven Warner
Technical Director: JD Stallings
Master Electrician: Julie Briski

photography by Michael Baily

World Premiere by Lasha Bugadze

New York City Georgian-American Theatrical Feast.
Teatro Circulo
NYC

Directed by Adam Knight
Produced by Red Lab Productions

“Lauren Duffie’s lighting is a major part of the storytelling, turning an office into an automobile in a split second.” 
-Off-Broadway World

“ …humor and pace aided by clever lighting design.” 
-Culture Catch

Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Costume Design: Irina Gachechiladze
Sound Design: Toby Jaguar
Set Design: Adam Knight
Stage Manager: Gianni Onori
Production Consultant: Nick Mills

with Alan Altschuler, Masha Dakic, Rose DeGraw, Brett Epstein, Michael Propster, Lauren Riddle and Owen Scott.

Heritage Theatre Festival
Culbreth Theatre
Charlottesville, VA

by Robert Harling
Directed by Claire Carpen

Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Set Designer: David P Gordon
Sound Designer: Michael Rasbury
Costume Designer Lauren Gaston

Production Manager: Tracy Francis
Technical Director: Chris Ribiski
Master Electrician: Steven Spera

Festival Director: Jenny Whales

by Jonathan Larson
directed by Todd McNerney

Emmett Robinson Theatre
Guest Artist Series
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC

CENTER STAGE AWARD:
Best Lighting Design 2017

Lighting Design Team-
Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Associate LD: Garrett Bell
Assistant LD: Jordan Benton

Scenic: Carrie Ferrelli
Costumes: Katie Bailey
Sound: DJ Edwards
Music Director: Justin Wham
Choreography: Jessica Cerovic

Spring 2017

Artistic Director: Kristin Alexander

THE SOTTILE THEATRE
CofC Stages
Charleston, SC

Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Technical Director: JD Stallings
Costume Shop Manager: Ellen Swick
Stage Manager: Cat Champlin
ASM: Kailee Rafalko
SM Advisor: Susan Kattwinkel
Costume Advisor: Janine McCabe

Waltz of the Hours from Coppelia
Choreographer: A. Gorsky, Restaged by Olga Wise
Composer: Leo Delibes
Costume Coordination: Ellen Swick & Olga Wise
Dancers: Aidan Baumann, Becca Bolin, Shannon Maloney, Irina Moul, Maria Stewart, Samantha Stinner, Charlotte Uhlmann. Understudy: Sidney Shanahan

Mason Jar Dreams
Choreographer: Clarence Brooks
Rehearsal Director: Pamela Gene O'Briant
Composer: Lee Morgan, Gary's Notebook
Costume Design: Zachary Kobylarz
Dancers: Leila Crane, Madison Fisher, Robby Sewell, Sidney Shanahan, Glenna Durbin, Ciana Feliccia, Tyrese Neale, Isabelle Soito

Opposite Infinities
Choreographer: Kristin Alexander
Composer: Arvo Part
Costume Design: Mira Turkewitz
Poetry: Moment by Eugene Platt, spoken by Joy Vandervort-Cobb
Dancers: Hannah Baker, Taylor Bennett, Izzy Byers, Shannon Maloney, Kiley Petit, Sidney Shanahan. Understudies: Katie Higens, Ava Woods

Honey, Just Smile
Choreographer: Laurel Van Beusecum
Composer: Sh- Boom by The Trevor Horn Orchestra; Think from The Blues Brothers performed by Aretha Franklin
Costume Design: Claire Natiez
Dancers: Taylor Bennett, Alejandra Casco, Pierson Dejames, Brooke Emery, Alyssa Guardino, Emory Ibrahim, Ally Keschinger, Kiley Pettit, Kylee Poole, Madison Vaughn, and Ava Woods. Understudies: Sarah Marie Bennett and Ciana Feliccia

U.S. Premiere by Tamar Bartsia
Directed by Becky Baumwoll

New York City Georgian-American Theatre Feast
Teatro Circulo,  NYC

Red Lab Productions
Artistic Director: Irina Gachechiladze

Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Sound Design: Toby Jaguar
Stage Manager: Esti Bernstein
Production Consultant: Nick Mills

with Tara Giordano and Luke Younger

by William Shakespeare

Chapel Theatre. College of Charleston, Guest Artist Series. Summer 2013, Charleston SC

Adam Knight (Director)
Allen Lyndrup (Scenic Design)
Lauren Duffie (Lighting Design)
Katie Rhoden (Costume Design)
Kristin Vieira (Dramaturg)

With David Lee Nelson, Evan Parry, Joy Vandervort-Cobb, Glenda Byars, Michael Smallwood, Brent Laing, Ryan Gunning, Liz Coralli, Elizabeth Watson, Noah Smith, Charlene Boyd, Ashley Gennarelli, John King, Sadia Matthews, and Rob Daniel

Choreography by Gretchen McLaine

CofC Stages
The Sottile Theatre
Charleston, SC

Artistic Director: Gretchen McLaine
Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
LD Assistants: Abby Israel, Hannah Moore
Costume Designer: Flynn Valentine 

Production Manager: Miles Boinest
Stage Manager: Mollie Davis
Technical Directors: JD Stallings and Evie Palmisano
Costume Shop Manager: Tyler Akeo
Assistant TD: Sam Meier
SM Advisor: Susan Kattwinkel

October 2024

by Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Michael Smallwood

The Chapel Theatre
CofC Stages
Charleston, SC

Scenic Designer: JD Stallings
Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
Costume Designer: Savannah Fatigante
Sound Designer: Caleb S. Garner
Properties: Eli Salas

Artistic Director: Janine McCabe
Production Manager: Susan Kattwinkel 
Stage Manager: Haley Vaccaro
ASM: Mollie Davis

Technical Director: JD Stallings
Costume Shop Manager: Ellen Swick
Office Manager: Miles Benoist

Fall 2021

by Willian Shakespeare
Directed by Evan Parry

THE SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
Emmett Robinson Theatre
Charleston, SC

“a spectacular painting of light… “
-The Post and Courier

”dynamic design transport[s] the audience through time and space in the blink of an eye…”
-The Post and Courier

Lighting Design - Lauren Duffie
Scenic Design - Jeff Frkonja
Costume Design - Loren Ipps
Technical Director - Christian Crumb
Master Electrician - John Olbrych

Produced by Todd McNearney
with Joy Vandevort-Cobb

2005

DOCK STREET THEATRE
Charleston, SC 2015

A theatrical concert event at the oldest theatre in America featuring the band Jump Little Children:

Jay Clifford
Matt Bivins
Evan Bivins
Ward Williams
Johnny Gray

with Special Guests:
Bill Carson
Josh Kaylor
Michael Bellar
Amanda Kapasouz
Benji Lee

Photo Credit: Nathan Baereies

“Lauren Duffie designed the lights for every Dock Street Theater show in our history.

Eleven times we put her through hell: gave her an inadequate amount of time to do magical things, with practically no budget. And every time, she was able to create an ambiance and added a level of professionalism that a rock band barely deserves.

She was the first person we reached out to when we knew we were going to do the show in December; this time we had even less time for her and had to focus more on remembering the music than developing a theme for the night(s), as we usually did. This didn’t deter her or stop her from producing the same magical things we knew she would.

We love you, Duffie”

-Matt Bivins

Parts 1, 2 & 3
by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Sharon Graci

PURE Theatre
Charleston, SC

Artistic Director: Sharon Graci

Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Scenic Design: Richard Heffner
Costume Design: Janine McCabe
Sound Design: Miles Boinest
Technical Direction: Richard Heffner

Photos: David Mandel

by David Mamet
directed by Erin Wilson

PURE Theatre
Charleston, SC

Scenic Design: Charlie Calvert
Costumes Design: Taylor Ann Spencer
Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Assistant LD: Garrett Bell
Sound Design: Miles Boinest
Technical Direction: Richard Heffner

photos: David Mandel

Stories and Songs from the Titanic
featuring Deborah Jean Templin

NATIONAL TOUR, 2007

The JENA Company
John Adams (Executive Producer)
Bernard Tansey (General Manager)
Tim Whenhem (Production Manager)
Lauren Duffie (Production Designer in Residence)

Production Design Team:
Lauren Duffie (Lighting and Scenic Design)
Sarah Jabalon (Costume Design)
James Wilcox (Sound Design)
 

NATIONAL TOUR, 2002-2006

directed by Joy Vandervort-Cobb

The JENA Company
John Adams (Executive Producer)
Bernard Tansey (General Manager)
Tim Whenhem (Production Manager)
Lauren Duffie (Production Designer in Residence)

Production Design Team:
Lauren Duffie (Lighting and Scenic Design)
Sarah Jabalon (Costume Design)
James Wilcox (Sound Design)

Warning: Nostalgic bad drafting included below.

PURE Theatre
Charleston, SC

Theatre Charleston Award-
Best Lighting Design 2014

Directed by Sharon Graci

Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Scenic Design: Richard Heffner
Costume Design: Janine McCabe
Sound Design: Miles Boinest
Technical Direction: Richard Heffner

Photos: David Mandel

Choreographer: Clarence Brooks
Rehearsal Director: Pamela O’Briant

CofC Stages
The Sottile Theatre
Charleston, SC

Artistic Director: Gretchen McLaine
Lighting Designer: Lauren Duffie
LD Assistants: Abby Israel, Hannah Moore
Costume Designer: Zoe Jocassee Barber

Production Manager: Miles Boinest
Stage Manager: Mollie Davis
Technical Directors: JD Stallings and Evie Palmisano
Costume Shop Manager: Tyler Akeo
Assistant TD: Sam Meier
SM Advisor: Susan Kattwinkel

Dancers: Ave Blanchette, Jillian Epstein, Ayushi Gaur, Jen Griffaton, Katie Mullins, Sarah Santucci, Mackenzie Walker, Olivia Wilkinson

October 2024

directed by Robert Ivy

Emmett Robinson Theatre
Charleston SC
College of Charleston
Guest Artist Series

2006

written and directed by
Sandra Garner

Theatre 220
Center Stage
Charleston, SC

Scenic Design: Lauren Duffie
Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Projection Design: Lauren Duffie
Lighting Assistant: Laura Rikard

Featuring:
Jamie Smithson, April Blackmore, and ensemble

1999

DOCK STREET THEATRE
Charleston, SC 2015

10th annual theatrical concert event in America’s oldest theatre featuring the band Jump Little Children:

Jay Clifford
Matt Bivins
Evan Bivins
Ward Williams
Johnny Gray

with Special Guests:
Bill Carson
Josh Kaylor
Michael Bellar
Amanda Kapasouz

PURE Theatre
Charleston, SC

Directed by Sharon Graci

Lighting Design: Lauren Duffie
Scenic Design: Richard Heffner
Costume Design: Janine McCabe
Sound Design: Miles Boinest
Technical Direction: Richard Heffner

Photos: David Mandel

a few renderings for National Tours of Jackie, Vi & Lena and My Soul is a Witness.

The JENA Company
John Adams (Executive Producer)
Bernard Tansey (General Manager)
Tim Whenhem (Production Manager)
Lauren Duffie (Production Designer in Residence)

Some Vectorworks to photoshop renderings
Lauren Duffie
2019

Some Vectorworks to Photoshop renderings
Lauren Duffie
2018