Lighting Designer About The Festival PlayLabs is a can’t-miss event for theater leaders and new play enthusiasts in the Twin Cities and across the country. Three playwrights partner with teams of artistic collaborators for an […]
SØREN OLSEN
Director, deviser, and designer specializing in ensemble-based, technically innovative performance.
ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare, translated by Søren Olsen, edited by Emma Murray Director, Composer, Translator BLURB From its chaotic, unorthodox opening brawl, Søren Olsen’s Romeo and Juliet delivers a bold, unapologetic reimagining that challenges the legacy of […]
Mamma Mia!
Music & Lyrics Benny Andersson, Bjorn UlvaeusBook By Catherine JohnsonConceived by Judy CraymerAdditional Material & Arrangements by Martin KochDirected by Michael Walling Lighting & Scenery by Jack Mehler Lighting Director Mamma Mia, Trollwood Performing Arts […]
ARATORIO FOR THE MISREMEMBERED
Presented at the University of Iowa Sound, Projection, and Lighting Design About A live performance that occurs through projections, AR and VR simultaneously, ARatorio for the Mis-Remembered features the story of veterans at the University of Iowa […]
An Enemy of The People
By Henrik IbsenDirected by Johanna KasimowA New Version Adapted by the Ensemble Lighting Design, Composer, Sound Design Creative Team Director | Johanna KasimowFight Director | Paul KalinaDramaturg | Margaret SmithStage Manager | Maggie McClellanScenic Designer […]
The Indoctrination of Bananas
Collectively Created Presented with The University of Iowa Theatre Arts Department Director, Conceptual Storyboard, Sound/Music, Lighting BLURB Two families arrive, drawn to the same place. Then—suddenly—a gift from above. No sender. No instructions. Just bananas. […]
LITTLE BathHouse On the Prairie
Devised and Choreographed by Brady Van Patten in collaboration with the cast Presented with The University of Iowa Dance Department Lighting Designer Creative Team Devised and Choreographed by Brady Van Patten in collaboration with the castCreative Collaborator: […]
MARIE ANTOINETTE
By David Adjmi Presented with The University of Iowa Theatre Arts DepartmentDirected by Mary Beth Easley Lighting & Media Design ABOUT Protests! Sieges! Chants of “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” echo throughout the streets. Revolutionary unrest stirs […]
Romeo and Juliet + a Midsummer Night’s Dream
Presented with Shakespeare Youth Theatre William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Lighting Design About One light plot, one set, 2 imaginative retellings of these classic works. Video of some 0-Count Light […]
SØREN OLSEN 