Lauren Libretti
Lighting Design
Dance Production Experience
New York Live Arts
Lighting Supervisor
Lighitng supervisor for downtown dance venue in NYC.
2015-2020
Elektra
Lighting Designer
Designed Ann Liv Young's Elektra/Elektra Cabaret at New York Live Arts
January 2016
Ailey School Winter Concert
Lighting Designer
Designed concert at Citigroup theater for the Ailey School's student performance. Worked with Choreographers: Christian Von Howard, Adam Barruch, Adrienne Hurd, Guillermo Asca, Matthew Rushing.
December 2015
Sydney Schiff Dance Project
Lighting Designer
December 2015
Jose Limon Dance Company
Lighting Supervisor
Lighitng supervisor for internationally touring dance company.
2015
Secus Rota
Lighting Designer
Premier work of Soluq Dance Theater as park of The Tank's Darkfest. Environmentally friendly design using bicycle generated power
July 2015
Roschman Dances
Lighting Designer
Designer for summer production featuring premiere of Crooked Creek
June 2015
Ailey School Spring Concert
Lighting Designer
Designed concert at Citigroup theater for the Ailey School's student performance. Worked with Choreographers: Dina Wright-Joesph, Kristen McGrew, Jeffrey Bynum, Jessica Danser, Ari Mayzick, Adrienne Hurd, Martin Lofsnes, Amy Lattimore-McClendon, Guillermo Asca, Pedro Ruiz.
May 2015
Silva Dance Company
Resident Lighting Designer
Lighting designer for capoeria & modern dance company
Present
Lori Belilove and the Isadora Dance Company
Production Manager
Head of production for internationally touring dance company,
2014-Present
Martha Graham Dance Company
Lighting Director
Touring
Lighting director for internationally touring dance company.
2013-2014
Damage Dance
Resident Lighting Designer
Choreographer Jessica Taylor's New York based contemporary dance company.
2014-Present
The Salon NYC
Lighting Designer
Special events for vintage themed swing/lindy hop events throughout NYC.
2012-Present
Umbrella Collective
Lighting Designer
Chen Dance Center
An evening of work featuring Caitlin Dutton, Breegan Kearney, and Eli Tamondong
2013
Stripped/Dressed : Garden
Kate Weare Co
92Y
Production Stage Manager for Kate Weare's performance of Garden at Stripped/Dressed
2013
The Nutcracker
Staten Island Ballet
Annual professional production presented by artistic director Ellen Tharp
2012-2014
New York Choreographer's Festival
Staten Island Ballet
Annual festival of various artists to present their work on the company
2012
Etudes for Italy
Chor: Martha Clark
American Dance Festival
Workshop of a new work developed on students attending the festival
2011
American Dance Festival
Master Electrician
Assisted the Production Manager/Master Electrician on 7 week dance festival
2012
DanzAmerica’s Project Inc.
Technical Director & Stage Manager
Resident with local dance company overseeing technical aspects of productions
2010-2011
The Golem
Owen/Cox Dance Group
Lighting Desinger
Choreographed by Jennifer Owen a new work based on folktale
2010
Management -Production & Stage
Gallatin School of Individualized Study
New York University
Theatre Technical Assistant
Prepared spaces for performances, organized staff and technical elements of events in the theatre, train and manage student staff for events. Production adviser to theater and dance student groups
2013-Present
Grasses of A Thousand Colors
Assistant Production Manager
Production Core
PM: Amber Mathis
Assistant Production Manager for a co-production betweenTheater for A New Audience and The Public's production
2013
Designated Mourner
Assistant Production Manager
Production Core
PM: Amber Mathis
Assistant Production Manager for a co-production betweenTheater for A New Audience and The Public's production
2013
Theater for a New Audience's Gala
Assistant Production Manager
Production Core
PM: Dave Upton
Assistant Production Manager for Theater for A New Audience's annual fundraiser
2013
Golden Dragon
Assistant Production Manager
Production Core
PM: Dave Upton
Assistant Production Manager on Play Company's production
2013
Dream Workshop
Production Manager
Production Core
Dir: Julie Taymor
Production manager for workshop of Theater for A New Audience's production of Midsummer Night's Dream
2013
Much Ado About Nothing
Assistant Production Manager
Production Core
PM: Dave Upton
Assistant Production Manager for Theater for A New Audience's production
2013
A Chorus Line
Production Assistant
Theatre Management Associates
Director: Baayork Lee
US National Tour
2012
Inertia: A Musical Movement
Production Manager
Dir: Megan Lamasney
Orlando Fringe Festival
2012
Muder Ballad
PSM
Dir: Selena Ambush
Stage Manager
Blue Scarf Collective St Petersburg, FL
2011
Gilgamesh
Production Mgr/Lighting Sup
Izumi Ashizawa Performance Tour
2011
Theatrical Lighting Design
Diary of a Madman
Lighting Designer
Theatre for A New City
Dir: Kate Hopkins
2013
Between the Seas Festival
Lighting Designer
Between the Seas Festival
Artistic Dir: Aktina
2012
Young Dramatists’ Project 2011
Lighting Designer
The Gorilla Theatre Tampa, Fl
Artistic Dir: James Rayfield
2011
Disco Pigs
Lighting Designer
The Silver Meteor Gallery Ybor City, FL
Dir: Megan Lamasney
2011
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Assistant Lighting Designer
The Unicorn Kansas City, MO
Des: Seif Cristobal
2010
Broadway Theatre Project
Assistant Lighting Designer
Broadway Theatre Project Tampa, FL
Dir: Deb McWaters
2010
Other Experience
Technical Advisor - Arts Connect
Advisor to high schools for theatrical productions.
Position varies based on school's needs and capabilites.
Production Resource Group
Secaucus, NJ
Account Manager
Handled rental & sales for lighting eqiupment for rental house
2011-2012
Special Skills
ETC Consoles, Vectorworks, Hand Drafting, Lighting Instrument Repair, Lightwright 6, Adobe Photoshop & InDesign, Production & Stage Management, basic French, Italian & Spanish
Education
Broadway Associate Certificate, Brooklyn College 2015
University of South Florida B.F.A Lighting Design
Trained in ballet, modern, ballroom, lindy-hop, and blues dance forms
References
Available upon request