Megan Lang Lighting Design

Education

 

2009 - 2013  BA: Theater

Concentration in Design & Production

Fordham University (NY, USA)

 

2011 Semester Abroad

Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)

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2011-2012 Winter Intensive

Moscow Art Theater School (Russia) 

 

 

Experience (selected)

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2012: Internship at Lincoln Center Festival. Primarily assisted Ben Hagen, lighting supervisor for the Gerald W. Lynch Theater. Reviewed tech riders, prepped lighting paperwork, and oversaw hang for domestic and international incoming shows.

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2014: Assistant SFX Design under Greg Meeh for Sting's The Last Ship on Broadway. Created paperwork/ drawings, oversaw implementation, and worked with the lighting department to integrate effects into the lighting console.

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2015: Designed lighting for William Burke's Comfort Dogs at JACK in Brooklyn.

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2015-2016: Associate SFX Design under Greg Meeh for An Act of God  on Broadway, in LA, in San Francisco, and on the second Broadway run.

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2015-Present: Lighting design for Ubumuntu Arts Festival in Kigali, Rwanda, which occurs annually in July. Overview tech riders, design and implement festival rep plot, and work with incoming directors or designers to program lighting for individual shows.

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2017-2019: Co-lighting design with Ashley Vellano for Kaneza Schaal's JACK &, which toured the US.

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2018: Associate LD for Jaamil Olawale Kosoko's Negrophobia and Sèancers at Mousonturm in Frankfurt, Germany.

 

2019-2021: Effects crew on History's Forged in Fire for J&M Special Effects.

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2022-2024: Assistant SFX Design for Beetlejuice: The Musical at the Marquis Theater on Broadway in 2022, and for the US Tour in 2023, and for the production onboard Norwegian Cruise Lines. Updated paperwork/ drawings, oversaw implementation, and worked with other departments to integrate effects into the show.  

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2024-Present: Lighting design for Oye Group's Mercedes (a workshop of the stage play at KAJE, and an immersive documentary viewing at BAM's Next Wave Festival, and further iterations coming).

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2024-Present: Sub pyro run crew on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway. 

 

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