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Kevin Rigdon- Scenic & Lighting Designer

Bio

I am a scenic and lighting designer for theatre. In a career that has spanned forty-four years, I have designed more than 400 productions from Broadway and the West End to Off-Broadway, American and British regional theatres, and store front spaces. 

I am the recipient of many awards and nominations including two Tony Award nominations, four Drama Desk nominations, two American Theatre Wing Design Awards, and seven Joseph Jefferson Awards.

In addition to my design work, I am the Moores Professor of Theatre and Head of Graduate Design & Technology at the University of Houston.

Positions

1976-Present

Freelance scenic and lighting designer

1997-Present

Associate Director/Design Alley Theatre, Houston

1976-1996

Resident Designer, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago

1997-Present

Moores Professor of Theatre, University of Houston

Awards 

2020

USITT Distinguished Achievement  Award, Scenic Design 

2016

2013

1997

1997

Houston Theatre Awards, Scenic Design, The Nether

Houston Theatre Awards, Scenic Design, Clybourne Park

Joseph Jefferson Award, Lighting Design, A Streetcar Named Desire

Drama-Logue Award, Lighting Design, Arcadia

1994

Joseph Jefferson Award, Lighting Design, A Clockwork Orange

1994

1990

The L.A. Weekly Award, Scenic Design, Distant Fires

Henry Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design, The Grapes of Wrath

1990

Tony Award nomination, Scenic Design, The Grapes of Wrath

1990

Tony Award nomination, Lighting Design, The Grapes of Wrath

1988

Joseph Jefferson Award, Lighting Design, Passion

1986

Henry Hewes Design Award, Lighting Design, Prairie Du Chien and The Shawl

1982

Joseph Jefferson Award, Scenic Design, Moby Dick

1982

Joseph Jefferson Award, Lighting Design, Moby Dick

1980

Joseph Jefferson Award, Scenic Design, Balm in Gilead

Contact Me

713-962-4658

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