LYNNE M. KOSCIELNIAK
STAGE DESIGNER
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EDUCATION:

Master of Fine Arts in Stage Design, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Sept. 2000

Bachelor of Arts (Honors Degree), State University of New York College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY,  May 1997
        Major in Theatre
        Minor in French Language and Literature

DESIGN HONORS: ace
Scenic
Design
 Lighting
Design
Projection
Design
 Related
Skills
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SCENIC DESIGN CREDITS:
 
VIADUCT THEATRE - Chicago, IL (Spring 2002)
Tattoo Girl (dir: Shade Murray)
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UNIVERITY OF PITTSBURGH - Pittsburgh, PA (April 2002)
Learned Ladies (dir: Melanie Dreyer)
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PIVEN THEATRE - Evanston, IL (January 2002)
Rosa Lublin (dir: Robin Chaplik)
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CHOPIN THEATRE - Chicago, IL (2001)
The Big Funk (dir: Robin Chaplik)
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - Evanston, IL (1998-2000)
Endgame (dir: Melanie Dreyer)
Heart of Spain (dir: Peter Glazer)
All in the Timing (dir: Matt Dudley)

PROPOSED SCENIC DESIGNS:
Designs Developed during MFA Study

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Death of a Salesman
Pirates of Penzance
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Medea
South Pacific
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PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING DESIGN CREDITS:
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NEXT THEATRE, Evanston, IL (1999-2002)
The Millionairess (dir: Robert Scogin)
Stonewall Jackson's House (dir: Kate Buckley)
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STRAWDOG THEATRE COMPANY - Chicago, IL (2000-2002)
The Green Birg (dir: Nic Dimond)
Our Country's Good (dir: Shade Murray)
Disco Pigs (dir: Anita Deally)

 
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - Evanston, IL (1999-2002)
Waa-Mu (dir: Dominic Missimi)
Ain't Misbehavin' (dir: Mitzi Hamilton)
The Glass Menagerie (dir: Bud Beyer)
Children of Eden (dir: Rives Collins)
Away with the Fairies (dir: Kathryn Farley)
Present Laughter (dir: Les Hinderyckx)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (dir: Bud Beyer)
A Moon for the Misbegotten (dir: Bud Beyer)

 
ROADWORKS PRODUCTIONS - Chicago, IL (2000-2001)
Life Under 30 @ Theatre on the Lake (dirs: Matt Eliseo and Kimberly Senior)
The Santaland Diaries @ The Chicago Cultural Center (dir: Peter Hobert)
Some Explicit Polaroids @ the Steppenwolf Garage (dir: Shade Murray)
Vinegarettes of Old Utica @ Links Hall (dir: Shade Murray)

 
IRISH REPERTORY - Chicago, IL (2001)
A Life @ Victory Gardens (dir: Richard Block)

 
SHATTERED GLOBE THEATRE - Chicago, IL (2001)
Invitation to a March @ Victory Gardens (dir: Shade Murray)

 
LOWER WACKER PRODUCTIONS - Chicago, IL (2001)
The Designated Mourner (dir: David Shapiro)

 
SEANACHAI THEATRE COMPANY - Chicago, IL (2001)
The Pagans @ The Theatre Building (dir: Kevin Theis)

ACADEMIC  LIGHTING DESIGN CREDITS:
 
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY - Evanston, IL (1997-1999)
The Cleansing (dir: Ann Woodworth & Dawn Mora)
West Side Story (dir: Marc Robin)
The Passion of Henry David Thoreau (dir: Cindy Gold)
The Madwoman of Chaillot (dir: David Downs)
Danceworks '98 (choreographer: Billy Siegenfeld)
The Birthday Party (dir: Melissa Kievman)

 
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT BUFFALO - Buffalo, NY (1994-1997)
She Stoops to Conquer (dir: Donn Youngstrom)
Aesop & the Fox (dir: Greg Golds)
Dance Theatre '96 (artistic dir: Myron Nadel)
Dance Theatre '95 (artistic dir: Donald Kutschall)
Dance Theatre '94 (artistic dir: Janet Reed)
Line (dir: BiL Roedel)

PROJECTION DESIGN:
 
ROADWORKS PRODUCTIONS - Chicago, IL (2000-2001)
Life Under 30 @ Theatre on the Lake (dirs: Matt Eliseo and Kimberly Senior)
Some Explicit Polaroids @ the Steppenwolf Garage (dir: Shade Murray)

 
DANCE CENTER EVANSTON - Evanston, IL (2001)
2001 Dance Odyssey @ the Northshore Center of the Performing Arts (dir: Bea Raschid)

RELATED COMPUTER AND ART  SKILLS:
 
  • AutoCAD 2000
  • Vectorworks 8.0
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Modelshop
  • 3D Poser
  • Lightwright
  • Horizon Lighting Systems
  • scene painting
  • hand-drafting
  • model building
  • watercolor, acrylic and pen and ink rendering
  • web-authoring on Dreamweaver and Netscape Composer
  • cd-rom creation on Hyperstudio

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