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Lighting Design/Programming


Miracle
Miracle – A Musical
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This is a musical theater production I worked on for my Lighting Design program at Goldsmiths, UOL in the United Kingdom before September 2023. In this musical, more than half of the songs were synchronized with lighting cues using timecode. The lighting control system utilized the EOS Family.

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The Secretaries
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“The Secretaries” was the first play I designed after coming to the United States. It’s a comedy, and I arrived in the U.S. in August 2023 to pursue further studies in theater lighting at Ohio University. This production marked my first year of independent design while studying. It was a small theater comedy, which meant I had limited equipment to work with.

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HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000
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This was the venue for the World Badminton Open held in Changzhou, China. I was responsible for the lighting design for the sports presentation for the second consecutive year. The event featured a pre-match lighting show synchronized with timecode and halftime performances.

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Love, Oh Humans! – A Musical
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This was the musical lighting design I worked on while at Mahua Funage, which I also programmed and operated during the tour. It was a musical centered around love, featuring an overall design with sweet candy-themed colors.

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Children’s Play: The Alien Abduction Case
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This is a children’s play production that I independently designed and operated. The performance took place in a large sports arena.

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A Rap Performance
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This was a rap performance in Nanjing, China, and the lighting production for this show was improvisational. Not all the performers participated in rehearsals.

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The Seventh China Pingtan Art Festival
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This is The Seventh China Pingtan Arts Festival which took place in 2017. this is a traditional Chinese Opera stage and I focused on the layers of the stage through the use of different color combinations and applications.

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Campus Event – SongNiYiKeHuaMeiTang
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This was a campus evening event that I designed and produced in Nanjing. The program primarily featured singing and dancing, incorporating numerous beam lights and laser equipment for the stage presentation.

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Jiang Xiaobai YOLO Youth Culture Festival
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This was the Nanjing stop of the rap music festival series, using the GrandMA2 lighting control console for the performance. A significant amount of timecode was used in the lighting programming.

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9+

Years of experience in lighting design

10+

Theatre productions lighting designed

600+

Numbers of movers used in a single event

50+

Productions in lighting design and operation for various types of events and music festivals

10+

Types of lighting consoles used

Recent Productions

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    Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Musical

    This is a Broadway-style classic musical produced in June 2024 at the People’s Bank Theater. The director is Geoffrey Coward, the choreographer is Jill Ruff, and the musical director is David Tadlock. The venue is located at 222 Putnam Street, Marietta, Ohio. I was responsible for the lighting design and programming, as well as operating…

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  • 9 To 5 The Musical

    9 To 5 The Musical

    This is the music theater production I worked on during my second year of pursuing an MFA degree at Ohio University, presented by Tantrum Theatre at Ohio University. The musical takes place on a three-sided stage, which was one of the challenges of this production. The musical production utilized an EOS Family console for programming.…

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  • Miracle – A Musical

    Miracle – A Musical

    This is a musical theater production I worked at Goldsmiths, UOL in the United Kingdom before September 2023. In this musical, more than half of the songs were synchronized with lighting cues using timecode. The lighting control system utilized the EOS Family.

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