Thorn Michaels

Twelfth Night

University of Washington, Seattle 

Playwright: William Shakespeare

Director: Leah Adcock-Starr

Scenic Design: Julia Welch

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Costume Design: Maya Ogasawara

Photography: Deb Hayes

I Do! I Do!

Village Theatre, Washington State

Book and Lyrics: Tom Jones

Director: Michael Arnold

Scenic Design: David Sumner

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Assistant Lighting Design: Amber Parker

Costume Design: Karen Ledger

Photography: Mark Kitaoka and Tracy Martin

Ironbound

Playwright: Martyna Majok

Director: Kelly Kitchens

Scenic Design: Julia Welch

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Photography: Deb Hayes

The Book Club Play

Village Theatre, Issaquah WA

Playwright: Karan Zacarias

Directors: Jéhan Òsanyìn and Arlene Martìnez

Set: Catherine Cornell

Lighting: Thorn Michaels

Photography: Gabriel Corey

Seattle Opera

at Performing Arts Center Mainstage, Bellingham, WA

Composer: Aaron Copland

Libretto: Horace Eveett

Director: Kelly Kitchens

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Choreographer: Kathryn Van Meter

Photography: Rachel Bayne

Charlotte Martin Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre

Playwright: Melissa James Gibson

Director: Rita Giomi

Set Design: Matthew Smucker

Costume Design: Meleta Buckstaff

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Photography: Mike Hipple

Cold Empty Terrible

A Collaboration of New Paradise Laboratories, Philadelphia, and University of Washington, Seattle

Director: Whit McLaughlin

Set Design: Julia Welch

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Costume Design: Maya Ogasawara

Nominee for Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design, Theatre Puget Sound Gregory Awards 2015

"The lighting, designed by Thorn Michaels, masterfully enhances the disquieting feel of the theatre. From the blinding stage lights during showtime, to the yellow-tinged glow of a bare bulb when the actors are left to themselves, each lighting cue serves as a jarring reminder that these people don’t fully control their lives."

-Cat Mccarrey, City Arts Magazine

Civic Rep at New City Theatre, Seattle

Playwright: Tennessee Williams

Director: L. Zane Jones

Set Design: Angie Harrison

Sound Design: Andy Swann

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Photography: Mike Hipple

The Revolutionists

ArtsWest, Seattle, WA

Playwright: Lauren Gunderson

Director: Kelly Kitchens

Scenic Design: Julia Welch

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Costume Design: Chelsea Cook

Bathhouse Theater, Seattle Public Theater

Playwright: George Brandt

Director: Kelly Kitchens

Set Design: Julia Hayes Welch

Costume Design: Jocelyne Fowler

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Projection Design: Ahren Buhmann

Made in Seattle, 2015

Velocity Dance Center, Seattle

"Exercises for the unrested: The kingmaker"

Choreography: Anna Conner

Costume Consultants: Annie Price and Julia Eckles

Lighting: Thorn Michaels

Photography: Tim Summers and Kyle Soble

Velocity Dance Center

at Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle

Choreography by: Alice Gosti, Stephanie Liapis, Pat Graney, Mark Haim, Maya de Soto, Jaret Hughes

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Photography: Tim Summers

Velocity Dance Center, Seattle

Choreography: Nathan Blackwell

Lighting Design: Thorn Michaels

Photography: Tim Summers

Antigone

Penthouse Theatre, University of Washington, Seattle

Playwright: Jean Anouilh

Director: Lydia Fort

Set: Jeremy Winchester

Costumes: Mairi Chisholm

Lighting: Thorn Michaels