LIGHTING DESIGN RESUME
LIGHTING DESIGNBloody ShakespeareAdapted by Jay Stratton & Herman Gomez
Directed by Jay Stratton Lighting Design by Jesús López Lighting Programmer: Merle DeWitt III Set Design by Olivia Fuentes & Constanza Romero Costume Design by Sofia Perez & Gabby Montelongo Blood Effects by Nichole Harrison UTEP Studio Theater, 2017 An original production adapted by Jay Stratton & Herman Gomez, Bloody Shakespeare takes its audiences through Shakespeare's seven most shocking scenes as characters fight for their lives inches away from its audience. My concept for this show was "nature taking over the world". With a "haunted-house" premise similar to Sleep No More, Bloody Shakespeare takes its audience through the darkest stories told by modern theatre's most loved playwright. The play's location was a small black-box studio, with two shorter scenes blocked in the lobby. |
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Aloft
Choreographed by Lisa Smith
Lighting and Projection Design by Jesús López Costume Design by Luz Escalde UTEP Wise Family Theater, 2018 Aloft was the main stage piece reserved for the top two graduating seniors at UTEP's Dance Festival production in Spring 2018. This piece was my very first opportunity to design lighting and projections and it was also my very first proscenium stage lighting design.
My concept for this piece was "to take flight and dancein the clouds". Throughout the progression of the piece, the clouds swayed with the wind, accelerating their pace with the music. |
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In-UteroChoreographed by Oliver Dominguez & Ray Alba
Lighting Design by Jesús López Associate Lighting Designer: Merle DeWitt III Set Properties by Susan Precket Shundo Ballroom Dance Studio, 2018 Only ten lighting-board controlled instruments were used to light this hour-long production, including three "fluorescent" LED's built in the shape of a triangle, in order to match the aesthetic of the photos I had recently taken to advertise the up-and-coming dance company.
In-Utero is defined as "being in a woman's uterus, before birth", this show is inspired by similar concepts like creation and destruction. Fawnz Dance Company explores topics like politics, psychology, character, fashion & human relationships. |
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FAWNZ Dance Company
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Mary's WeddingWritten by Stephen Massicotte
Directed by Stephanie Carrillo Lighting Design by Jesús López Costume Design by Luz Escalde UTEP Basement Theater, 2017 With incredibly poetic language, this play relies mostly on the audience's relationship with both of its characters, with this in mind the goal of my design was to keep the story flowing smoothly without any emphasis on the technical elements. In a very intimate alley formation and with limited scenery, lighting defined the various transitions from time and location, taking on the role of this production's "dream" . |
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REDDirected by MOON Collective
Lighting Design by Jesús López Vargas Production Assistant: Merle DeWitt III performance poetry based off "I See Red" UTEP Basement Theater, 2017 Based on the coming of age poetry book "I See Red" by K. Zakrevski, RED was a production that came to fruition due to my experimentation with written and spoken language as well as with visual composition on stage. The event consisted of 11 poems in Spanish & English, performed as monologues or duets in front of an intimate audience. Samples of the production can be found here, a sample of the book can be found here. |
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Rubin Center
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Life in the Theatre
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Dance Capstones 2016Resilience
Choreographed by Stephanie Rangel UTEP Dance Studio, 2016 Soul on Fire Choreographed by Yaya Nuñez UTEP Dance Studio, 2016 Two dance pieces choreographed by graduating students of the dance program at the University of Texas at El Paso. Resilience was a contemporary/hip-hop piece performed by 8 dancers, while Soul on Fire was a solo tap-dance piece. General lighting plot shared by five other lighting designers. |
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UPCOMING STAGE LIGHTING DESIGNS
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Tonic Function |
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POSTPONED due to COVID-19
Choreographed by Krystal Matsumaya-Tsai, Radhanath Dasa Thialan & Kiara Kinghorn Lighting Design by Jesús López Production/Stage Manager: Jessica Keasberry Experimental Media Performance Lab, CA 2020 |
CANCELLED due to COVID-19
Choreographed by Connor B. Senning & Danielle Snyder Lighting Design by Jesús López Vargas Production/Stage Manager: Jesús López Vargas Experimental Media Performance Lab, CA 2020 |
Lighting Design in Photography
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*All photography in this website was taken by Jesús López unless stated otherwise*
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