Eric Appleton

Office: Greenhill Center of the Arts Room 2039
Phone: 262-472-5571
Email: appletoe@uww.edu

Professional History

as a freelance lighting designer lit over 100 productions since 1997
has designed scenery for over 50 productions since 2000
member of United Scenic Artists 1999-2004
Asst. Professor Set and Lighting Design at Niagara University, 2005-2008
Technical Director and Set Designer at Niles North High School, 2000-2005
Adjunct Faculty Member, Elmhurst College Theatre Department, 2001-2002
Lighting/Electrics Staff Supervisor, Carroll College, 1995-97
One of twelve national finalists for the1999-2000 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers; only finalist from the Midwest
Full-length play homeland produced 2007 by Road Less Traveled Production, Buffalo, NY
Full length play Lesters Breakdown Suite produced in 2005 by both Stage3 Theatre of Sonora, CA and the Heller Theatre of Tulsa, OK
Ten-minute play Furious produced by InspiraTO Festival, Toronto, ON; published by Heuer Publishing
Ten-minute play Fish finalist in Actors Theatre of Louisville National Ten-Minute Play Contest.

Notable Recent Designs

Aida, set design, Artpark, Lewiston, NY, summer 2007
Buffalo Movie, set design, Road Less Travelled Productions, Buffalo, NY 2007
Hansel and Gretel, lighting and set designer, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI 2005
Le Nozze Di Figaro, lighting designer, LOpera Piccola, Chicago, IL 2004
One World Dance Festival, lighting designer and stage manager, Danza Viva, Chicago, 2004
Parade, set designer, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Chicago, IL 2004
Anton in Show Business, Renaissance Theatreworks, Milwaukee, WI 2002
The Consul, lighting designer, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI 2003
The Christmas Schooner, set design, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Chicago, IL 2002, 2001
La Boheme, lighting designer, LOpera Piccola, Chicago, IL 2002
1001 Afternoons in Chicago, Prop Thtr, Chicago, IL 2001
Back to Methuselah, lighting designer, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Milwaukee, WI2001