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Lighting Designer, Programmer, & Theatre Technician
RENATA TAYLOR-SMITH
CURRENT OCCUPATION
Lighting Fellow '24-'25 - Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley CA
EDUCATION
University of Maryland Baltimore County (2020-2024)
B.A. in Theatre Design & Production and Political Science
Summa Cum Laude, GPA: 4.0
LIGHTING DESIGN
W. Kamau Bell- Who's With Me | Peet's Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre | '25
Highschool Theatre Festival | Roda Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre | '25
Dance Canvas Summer Festival | Writer's Center Theatre | '24
Lipstick: A Queer Farce by Lane Michael Stanley | Dir: Jeff Miller | Fells Point Corner Theatre | '24
shOUT: The Queer Theatre Project | Dir: Gerrard Taylor | University of Maryland Baltimore County | '23
You Can See Me In The Dark | Dir: Eve Munson | University of Maryland Baltimore County | '23
ASSOCIATE
Slime by Byron Lavery | LD: Adam Mendelson, Dir: Nigel Semaj | University of Maryland Baltimore County | '24
The Amish Project | LD: Adam Mendelson, Dir: Nikki Hartman | The Pepper Theatre | '23
ASSISTANT
The Aves* by Jiehae Park | LD: Masha Tsimring, Dir: Knud Adams | Berkeley Repertory Theatre | '25
Here There Be Blueberries by Moisés Kaufman | LD: David Lander, Dir: Moisés Kaufman & Amanda Gronich | Berkeley Repertory Theatre | '25
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, Adapted by Conor McPherson | LD: Jen Schriever, Dir: Simon Godwin | Berkeley Repertory Theatre | '25
The Thing About Jellyfish by Keith Bunin | LD: Lap Chi Chu, Dir: Tyne Rafaeli | Berkeley Repertory Theatre | '25
Jaja's African Hair Braiding by Jocelyn Bioh | LD: Jiyoun Chang, Dir: Whitney White | Berkeley Repertory Theatre | '24
Matchbox Magic Flute by Mary Zimmerman | LD: TJ Gerkins, Dir: Mary Zimmerman | Berkeley Rep Theatre | '24
Mexodus by Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson | LD: Mextly Couzin, Dir: David Mendizábal | Berkeley Rep Theatre | '24
Ride the Cyclone by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond | LD: Juan Juarez Dir: Elena Velasco | Bowie State University | '24
Slime by Byron Lavery | LD: Adam Mendelson, Dir: Nigel Semaj | University of Maryland Baltimore County | '24
I Will Eat You Alive by Katie Hileman | LD: Adam Mendelson, Dir: Katie Hileman | The Voxel | '24
The Grown Up by Jordan Harris | LD: Adam Mendelson, Dir: Joseph W. Ritsch | University of Maryland Baltimore County | '22
Blue Door by Tanya Barfield | LD: Adam Mendelson, Dir: Henry Wyand | Silver Spring Black Box Theatre | '21
BOARD OP/PROGRAMMER
Programmer, Ride the Cyclone by Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond | Bowie State University | '24
Programmer | I Will Eat You Alive By Katie Hileman | The Voxel | '24
Light Board Operator | Grounded by George Brant | Bowen Theatre | '23
Programmer, The Grown Up by Jordan Harris | University of Maryland Baltimore County | '22
Follow Spot Operator, Chicago by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb | Holton Arms School | '20
* Denotes Upcoming
LD: Lighting Designer
Dir: Director
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