Name:
Adam Chamberlin
Year Graduated:
2002
Degree:
M.F.A. Theatrical Design
Favorite Memory of T&D:
The atmosphere of the Graduate Student Design office in the basement.
Influential Professors or Classes:
Professor Nancarrow / Professor Lucero
Current Hometown:
Denton, Texas
Current Profession:
Assistant Professor of Lighting and Sound Design at the University of North Texas
Biography:
Adam Chamberlin (Lighting Designer/Technical Director) received an M.F.A. in Theatrical Design from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Lighting Designer for Virginia Commonwealth University's Department of Dance and Choreography, Director of Production for Amaranth Contemporary Dance, Resident Lighting Designer and Technical Director for the Latin Ballet of Virginia, and lighting designer for KDance. Previously, Adam was the resident lighting designer for One World Theatre in Austin, TX, for a variety of groups including The Cowboy Junkies, Little Feat, Jerry Jeff Walker, Stars of Maximum Dance, Tangokenisis, Dancescapes, and other opera, musical, and dance groups. He has had the opportunity to design for companies as SilverStar Entertainment, River City Pops, University of Scranton, Wings Theater, The Dysfunctional Players, Charisma Modern Dance, Sharir + Bustamante Danceworks, Dim Sum Dance, Chris Burnside and Dancers, and Ground Zero Dance Company. Adam has had the privilege to have designed for renowned choreographers as Daniel Gwirtzman, Jawole Zollar, Robert Battle, Tania Isaacs, Heidi Weiss, Misha Bosma, Donald McCayle, and a restaging of Jose Limon. In addition to his design work, he has previously been a high school teacher, and led workshops on conventional and intelligent lighting in the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Costa Rica.
