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Kris Kirkwood

MEDIA / LIGHTING / DESIGN

Lighting Design

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Photography Travis Young

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Photography Travis Young

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Photography Travis Young

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Cirque Du Weiner Dog
Lighting Design
Midwest Trust Center

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A Doll's House
Lighting Design
Graceland University
November 2021

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Photography Brian Paulette

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Photography Brian Paulette

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About Alice
Lighting + Projections Design
Kansas City Actor's Theatre

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©James Leaming and Carmen Roman Lighting Design by Kris Kirkwood Stage Manager Bailey Howard With Thanks to Greenbrier Valley Theatre

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©James Leaming and Carmen Roman Lighting Design by Kris Kirkwood Stage Manager Bailey Howard With Thanks to Greenbrier Valley Theatre

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©James Leaming and Carmen Roman Lighting Design by Kris Kirkwood Stage Manager Bailey Howard With Thanks to Greenbrier Valley Theatre

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©James Leaming and Carmen Roman Lighting Design by Kris Kirkwood Stage Manager Bailey Howard With Thanks to Greenbrier Valley Theatre

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This Wonderful Life
Lighting Design
Greenbrier Valley Theatre
November 2021

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Photography © Don Ipock

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Baseball: A Musical Love Letter
Lighting Design
Lyric Opera of Kansas City
May 2021

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Men On Boats
Lighting Design
Graceland University
January 2021

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Elf the Musical
Lighting and Projections Design
Circa 21 Playhouse
November 2019

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Photography by Brian Paulette

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Photography by Kris Kirkwood

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Photography by Brian Paulette

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Master Harold and the Boys
Lighting Design
Kansas City Actors Theatre, City Stage
September 2019

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In The Workshop
Lighting Design, Video Editor, Asst Producer
Mesner Puppet Theater
2020 - 2021, 8 Episodes

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Chicago
Lighting Design
Graceland University
February 2020

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©Photography Kaitlin Nelke

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The Theatrical Illusions
Lighting Design
Benedictine University
February 2020

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© Rivas Photography © Kyle Rivas www.rivasphotography.com

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© Rivas Photography © Kyle Rivas www.rivasphotography.com

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The House of Blue Leaves
Lighting and Projections Design
William Jewell College, Peters Stage
October 2019

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Photography by Madeline Diane

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Photography by Madeline Diane

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Trouble in Tahiti
Lighting and Projections Design
Lexington Philharmonic at the Lexington Opera
November 2018

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Into the Woods
Lighting and Projections Design* KCACTF Region 5 Award
Kansas City Kansas
October 2019

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Macbeth
Lighting Design* KCACTF Region 5 Award
Graceland University
March 2019

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Nelly Don The Musical
Lighting and Media Design
Nelly Don LLC at the MTH mainstage
March 2019

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Little Women
Lighting Design
Missouri Western State University
March 2019

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American Trailer Park
Lighting Design
Missouri Western State University
October 2018

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Ghost: The Musical
Lighting and Projections Design
Graceland University
October 2018

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Heathers: The Musical
Lighting Design
Graceland University
April 2018

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W;t
Lighting and Projections
Graceland University
2017

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The Little Prince
Lighting Design
Mesner Puppet Theatre with the Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium
December 2018

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Wedding Singer
Lighting Design
Missouri Western State University
2017

The Snowy Day
Lighting Design
Mesner Puppet Theatre
December 2017

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Asher Lev
Lighting Design
Graceland University
2015

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To Be Certain of the Dawn
Lighting and Projections Design
Singletary Performing Arts Center
2016

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Afflicted: Daughters of Salem
Lighting Design
The Coterie Theatre
2014

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The Glory of Living
Lighting Design
Studio 207 / Illinois State University
2013

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Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Lighting Design
The Unicorn Theatre
2014

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Rag Swing Bop; a story of Charlie Parker's Life
Lighting Design
Mesner Puppet Theatre / The Gem Theatre
2014

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