Professor - Lighting Design B.A. Hon, Brock University, Canada, 1973 Appointed to IU in 1985 shakespe@indiana.edu Whom do I contact about what?

Rob Shakespeare is a professional lighting designer specializing in theatre and dramatic architectural designs. He was Resident Lighting Designer at the Bristol Old Vic in England before moving to North America. With more than 200 theatre, opera, and dance lighting designs, his work has been seen on three continents in such theatres as the Theatre Royal (Bristol England), St. Lawrence Center (Toronto, Canada), Lyric Theatre (Hong Kong), Randall Theatre (Utah Shakespeare Festival), and Indiana Repertory Theatre. His architectural credits include houses of worship, resorts, skyscrapers, some of the world’s largest bridges (Hong Kong), and most recently, special focus on lighting art museum collections, exhibits, and lighting installations (Light Totem commissioned by IUAM). He has developed and incorporated computer visualization and collaboration tools in his design practice and has presented lectures, workshops and courses on his lighting design process in Asia, and throughout Europe and North America.

He is co-author of Rendering with Radiance: The Art and Science of Lighting Visualization, Morgan Kaufmann 1998. Residencies include Visiting Professor of Lighting Design at Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Fulbright Professor at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki, where he initiated his current research into techniques to seamlessly link lighting between virtual scenography and live performers. He recently organized the Virtual Scenography in Live Performance: New Frontiers International Symposium, assembling experts from around the world. He is Professor of Lighting Design, heads the Design and Technology area for the Department of Theatre and Drama, and leads the MFA Lighting Design program.