Heather Sparling
Select Design Experience
Production
Tasters
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Laura and the Sea
The Fly Honey Show 10
If I Forget
La Havana Madrid
First Love is the Revolution
The Grelley Duvall Show
We Are Proud To Present...
Little Women the Musical
A Christmas Carol
Scientific Method
The Fly Honey Show 9
Felons Y Familias
Empower Youth!
The Burn
The Fly Honey Show 8
La Havana Madrid
The Heart of Robin Hood
Twelfth Night
Ethereal Abandonment
La Havana Madrid
Scapegoat
The Haven Place
The Midnight Society
Longer! Louder! Wagner!
The Fly Honey Show 7
Kin Folk
See Jane Sing!
The Awake
The Unfortunates
The Way She Spoke
Ride
Sketchbook '16
Citizens Anthology
The Fly Honey Show 6
The Salts
Forgotten Future
Crime Scene Tour 2014
Labapalooza 2014
Dome of Dance
The Pigeoning
Labapalooza 2013
Tango y Maria de Buenos Aires
Salt of the Earth
Labapalooza 2012
HOUSE
Little Dog Laughed
Labapalooza 2011
KINGS
The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church
Director
Devon De Mayo
Jess Hutchinson
Devon De Mayo
Erin Kilmurray
Devon De Mayo
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Devon De Mayo
Alex Grelle
Hallie Gordon + Gabbie Randle
Dennis Elkins
Dennis Elkins
Devon De Mayo
Erin Kilmurray
Marcela Munoz
Jess McLeod
Devon De Mayo
Erin Kilmurray
Cheryl-Lynn Bruce
Shanara Gabrielle
Joseph Hanreddy
Ellyzabeth Adler
Cheryl-Lynn Bruce
Kristina Vlada-Vars
Stephen Wilson
Ike Holter
Anneliese Toft
Erin Kilmurray
Evan Linder
Jane Lynch
Josh Altman
Kurt Johns
Laura Baker
John Ross Wilson
Anthony Moseley
Gus Menary
Erin Kilmurray
Erin Kilmurray
Sarah Moeller
Anthony Mosely
Matt Atcheson
Anthony Mosely
Robin Frohardt
Matt Atcheson
Jose-Maria Condemi
Zvi Sahar
Matt Atcheson
Tara Lynn Sen
Patrick Vassel
Matt Atcheson
Jim Milton
Daniel Kitson
Company
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
North Central College
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
The Inconvenience
Victory Gardens Theatre
Teatro Vista & Collaboraction
Steep Theatre Company
The Hideout
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Thingamajig Theater Company
Thingamajig Theater Company
Rivendell Theatre Ensemble
The Inconvenience
Chicago Dramatists
Lyric Unlimited
Steppenwolf Theatre Company
The Inconvenience
Teatro Vista at the Goodman Theatre
Door Shakespeare
Door Shakespeare
DanzTheatre Chicago Ensemble
Teatro Vista at Steppenwolf
The New Colony
A Red Orchid Theatre
Oracle Theatre
Lyric Opera of Chicago & Second City
The Inconvenience
The New Colony
Lyric Opera of Chicago
First Floor Theater
Solo Chicago Theatre
Greenhouse Theater
Under the Rug Theater
Collaboraction
The Inconvenience
The Inconvenience
The Inconvenience
Collaboraction
Collaboraction
St. Ann's Warehouse
Electric Forest
HERE Arts Center
St. Ann's Warehouse
Florida Grand Opera
Jewish Plays Project NYC
St. Ann's Warehouse
Boston Ctr. for American Performance
Gallery Players
St. Ann's Warehouse
Workshop Theater NYC
St. Ann's Warehouse
Date
Jan 2020
Nov 2019
Oct 2019
Aug 2019
June 2019
May 2019
Apr 2019
April 2019
Mar 2019
Dec 2018
Dec 2018
Nov 2018
Aug 2018
June 2018
May 2018
Feb 2018
Aug 2017
July 2017
July 2017
July 2017
June 2017
Apr 2017
Apr 2017
Dec 2016
Oct 2016
Oct 2016
Aug 2016
July 2016
June 2016
June 2016
June 2016
June 2016
Mar 2016
Jan 2016
Nov 2015
Aug 2015
May 2015
Nov 2014
Sep 2014
June 2014
June 2014
Nov 2013
May 2013
Mar 2013
July 2012
May 2012
Nov 2011
Sep 2011
May 2011
Mar 2011
Jan 2011
Work Experience
Assistant Lighting Designer - Lyric Opera of Chicago
2013 - 2019
Work on a staff of three lighting designers to facilitate the production of eight operas in rep over the course of six months. More specifically, the tracking and updating of all followspot paperwork, as well as coaching new followspot operators on each show. Duties also include refocusing for repertory changeovers, and the updating and archiving of show paperwork for future remounts and reproductions.
Lighting Supervisor - Florida Grand Opera
2012 - 2013
Work with visiting lighting designers, a visiting intern, and a team of 8 full-time electricians to load in, focus, tech, and open four productions in Miami. Track all changes and update all paperwork. Maintain artistic integrity of three operas we toured to Fort Lauderdale. Archive all drawings and paperwork. Maintain a balanced budget.
Technical Director/Assistant Technical Director - St. Ann's Warehouse NYC
2010 - 2012
Work with international design teams to achieve the artistic vision of each production. plan and execute the relocation of the theater to another warehouse. oversee construction and building of the new venue. Maintain balanced budgets for each production.
Lighting Manager - University of Chicago
2020-Present
Responsibility for all lighting needs of the Committee of Theatre and Performance Studies (TAPS). Includes the maintenance of all rehearsal and performance spaces' rep plots, updating inventory, hiring professional stagehands for work calls, and mentoring non-major student designers
2010 - present
2010 - present
Education
BFA Boston University
2006-2010
Ann Arbor Pioneer High School
2002-2006
Skills
ETC Programming
High End Programming
Classically Trained Pianist
Vectorworks 12.5-2020
Lightwright 4-6
Microsoft Office
Adobe Acrobat
Isadora
Qlab
Audacity