A dear old friend of mine introduced me at a production meeting as "That Famous Polish Lighting Designer" and we all chuckled. During the production the crew gave me a pen/desk set with the engraving TFPLD. As the internet came into popular culture i needed an email addy. I tried 4 different names and on my last chance i looked at my pen/desk set and said of course "TFPLD"

Sunday, May 15, 2011

"Faith Healer" and "Cripple of Inishmaan" for PICT 1997,1998

Faith Healer toured 15 cities in Ireland



"Compleat Female Stage Beauty" for City Theatre 1999

This play was made into a move called "Stage Beauty"

"Collected Stories" for City Theatre 1998



"A Chorus Line" for PMT 2003


"Below the Belt" for City Theatre 1996

My first conversation with the director, Marc Masterson, was he did not want to do the norm.  He said he saw this production like all the colors of an oil slick.  Once i heard that i let all inhibitions go.  Day was a deep green sky.  Night was peachy.  Each location had primary red,green,blue and a yellow so that i could "twist" the color of each location.  We had a lot of fun working in tech.







"Cenerentola" for PIttsburgh Opera 2002

I was asked to recreate the work of another designer on this production.  I did not have any information other than a light plot for the original production which happened  at LA Opera.  This was a huge set designed by Riccardo Hernandez.  It had a white marly floor.  The walls of the castle were tufted white satin.  The home of cenerentola had almost a full ceiling.  I was quite happy with the production.  So was the director.




3 shows at City Theatre

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Precious Little 2011
Valley Song 1999