Mads West
Lighting Designer
they/them | madelynnejw@gmail.com
Lighting design
Production
4000 Miles
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind
Love Songs, Reimagined (Cabaret)
Reefer Madness
Chicago
I Love You Because
Pipeline
Orlando
Pas de Deux
New Moves / New Directions 2023
The 1970s College Sex Comedy
What's in a Name
Miss SAU / Miss SAU OT Scholarship Compeition
She Kills Monsters
The Spitfire Grill
The Importance of Being Earnest (Film)
Miss SAU / Miss SAU OT Scholarship Competition
director
Bill Simmons
Sarah Johnson, Jonathan Michaelson
Cassie Hakken
Richard Roland
Mark A. Burbank
Lauren Diesch
Sam White
Lauren Diesch
Andrea Clark
B.F.A. Contemporary Dance '23
Daniel Sappington
Andrea Clark
Amanda Anderson
Daniel Pivovar
Brittany Bara
Brittany Bara
Amanda Anderson
Assistant Lighting design
Production
Lighting designer
* Indicates World Premiere
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay*
Something Rotten!
Everybody
Ben Pearcy
Lily K. Howder
Allen Hahn
Lighting production
Role
Head Electrician
Programmer
Head Electrician
Programmer
Head Electrician
Head Electrician
Programmer
Board Op
Programmer
Programmer
Production
New Moves / New Directions
Vox Pop!
Cultural Immersion
Cabaret
Into the Woods
Natasha, Pierre... 1812
Twelfth Night
Songs for a New World
Barefoot in the Park
Little Women
Lighting designer
MFA Lighting Design '26
Nic Gwin
MFA Lighting Design '25, '26
Bailey Rosa
Jeremiah V. Kearns
Corey Goulden-Naitove
Julia Mansur
Joey DiPette
Julia Mansur
Julia Mansur
Company
city
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Little Rock, AR
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bryant, AR
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bryant, AR
Magnolia, AR
Magnolia, AR
Magnolia, AR
Magnolia, AR
Magnolia, AR
Jewish Theatre of Bloomington
Indiana University (IU) Theatre
Off Night Productions
IU Theatre
Actor's Theatre of Little Rock
IU Independent Projects
IU Theatre
IU Theatre
Andrea's School of Dance
IU Theatre
IU Theatre
Andrea's School of Dance
Miss SAU / OT Scholarship Competition
Southern Arkansas University Theatre
SAU Theatre
SAU Theatre
Miss SAU / OT Scholarship Competition
Company
IU Jacobs School & The Met
Indiana University Theatre
Indiana University Theatre
Company
Indiana University Theatre
Indiana University Theatre
Indiana University Theatre
Indiana University Theatre
Indiana University Summer Theatre
Indiana University Theatre
Southern Arkansas University Theatre
The Studio Theatre
Southern Arkansas University Theatre
Southern Arkansas University Theatre
city
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
city
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Bloomington, IN
Magnolia, AR
Little Rock, AR
Magnolia, AR
Magnolia, AR
Skills
Lighting Consoles
Design Software
Other
ETC: Ion, Ion XE, Eos, Element, Nomad
Vectorworks | Lightwright | Adobe: Photosho, Illustrator, InDesign | Capture | MadMapper
U.S. Driver's License & Passport | Fire Watch Certified | Soldering
Education
M.F.A. in Lighting Design and Technology | Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | PROJECTED May 2025
B.F.A. in Theatre, Minor in Communications Design | Southern Arkansas University | Magnolia, AR | May 2022
Memberships
United States Institute for Theatre Technology
National Member '19-'22
Heart of America Region Director at Large for Membership '21-'23
SAU Chapter Chair '21-'22
IU Chapter Chair '24-'25
Broadway Green Alliance
Member '19-Present
College Green Captain '21-'22
Tau Beta Sigma
Alumni '22-Present
Southwest District Vice President for Membership '20-'21
Chapter Vice President for Membership '19-'21
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Awards
1st Place SETC Graduate Lighting Design for Orlando 2024
2nd Place SETC Green Production Award for Orlando 2024
Southern Arkansas University (SAU) College of Liberal and Performing Arts Outstanding Graduate 2022
SAU Department of Performing Arts Outstanding Graduate 2022
SAU Honors College Graduate, Summa Cum Laude 2022
KCACTF Region 6 Meritorious Achievement in Lighting Design for The Spitfire Grill 2021
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