Josh Weckesser
Lighting Design
312.391.9264
weckesser.josh@gmail.com
"If only I'd been alive long enough to see Josh's lighting, I would have never gone back to the theatre." -A. Linocln
Selected Dance Design
Darrell Jones third Swan from the end The Galaxie Chicago, IL 2007
Hromovytsia Ivan Pylypczak Annual Concert North Shore Skokie, IL
Mad Shak Dance Company Molly Shanahan My Name is a Blackbird The Building Stage Chicago, IL
Voices of the City Winifred Haun Circle in the Square Glade Memorial Hall Chicago, IL
Dance Loop Chicago Paula Fraz House of Bernda Alba Ruth Page Chicago, IL
Ballet Le Gere Donna Vitorio The Nutcracker Morton East Cicero, IL 2006
Adler Danz Theatre Ellyzalbeth Adler Voices Project Links Hall Chicago, IL
The Seldoms Carrie Hanson Wall of Invisible Difference Flatfile Gallery Chicago, IL
Paul Christiano Sleeping with Dolls Ruth Page Chicago, IL
Adler Danz Theatre Ellyzalbeth Adler This is Not a Pipe Hamlen Park Chicago, IL
Jyl Fehrenkamp ValenSwine: Twist & Snout Hamlen Park Chicago, IL
Mad Shak Dance Company Molly Shanahan Eye Cycle Byron Carlyle Theatre Miami, FL 2005
Second Floor Dance Brandy Cherello Echo Links Hall Chicago, IL
VadCo Valerie Alpert Fall into Dance Ruth Page Chicago, IL
Selected Theatre Design
Apple Tree Theatre Tim Gregory Twilight of the Golds Apple Tree Theatre Chicago, IL 2007
Hell in a Handbag Scott Bradly The Birds Berger Park Chicago, IL
The Side Project Jarrett Dapier Theif River The Side Project Chicago, IL
Dog & Pony Jarrett Dapier Dead City The Raven Theatre Chicago, IL 2006
Rogue Theatre Nate White The Oresteia Athenaeum Studio One Chicago, IL 2005
Selected Work Experience
Mad Shak Dance Company Molly Shanahan, Artistic Director Lighting Designer / Core Collaborator 2003-Present
Dance Chicago John Schmitz, Executive Director Lead Lighting Designer / PSM 2005-Present
Dance Loop Chicago Paula Fraz, Artistic Director Resident Lighting Designer 2006-Present
Adler Danz Theatre Ellyzalbeth Adler, Artistic Director Resident Lighting Designer 2006-Present
Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago Ben Hodge, Executive Director Assistant Lighting Director 2006-Present
Hromovytsia Ukrainian Dance Ivan Pylypczak, Executive Director Lighting Designer / Director 2007-Present
Related Skills
ETC, Colortran and Horizon lighting consoles, manual drafting, Lightwright, Vectorworks 11 (spotlight), conventional instrument repair, soldering, crew management, special event planning/management, playwrighting, storytelling, long walks on the beach.
Education
B.A. in Theatrical Design (emphasis in lighting), Columbia College Chicago; 2007

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