Enthusiasm for new work, adaptations, and storytelling interwoven with music.
“My joy as an artist is to create striking and thoughtful work. Lighting Design is a composition of visual storytelling with the ability to shift in an instant. The way performers exist in context with their environment, combined with how light interacts with perception, can be used to pull the audience further into understanding or used to pull the rug out and subvert the expected.”
Krista is based in Philadelphia PA, and works all over the world. An experienced teaching artist, Krista has worked with young playwrights in the development of their artistic voice though The Dwight/Edgewood Project, guest lectured on Lighting Design and Process at Colgate University while working as an Artist in Residence, and assisted Jennifer Tipton in the teaching of her Lighting Design Master Class of Swan Lake in partnership with The Asian Arts Council and Ballet Philippines. Before the institution was sadly shut down, Krista was a member of the devoted design faculty at University of the Arts.
Originally from California, Krista is the recipient of Theatre Bay Area’s 2011 Eric Landisman Fellowship. Professional training includes her B.A. in Theater Arts from San Francisco State University and M.F.A. in Design from Yale School of Drama. Proud member of USA 829.
Thank you for your interest.
Contact me: krista@kristasmithld.com
