Assistant Professor
Lighting Designer

Design/Technology

MFA Theatrical Design and Production, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, 2001. BA Drama, Flagler College, 1991.

Deanna recently joined the School of Theatre Arts as the Lighting Design professor and made her Tucson debut with the lighting design for The Music Man. Before arriving in AZ, she spent 2 years as the Resident Lighting Designer and Associate Production Supervisor for STOMP OUT LOUD, the Las Vegas version of the internationally acclaimed show STOMP. Previously she served as Resident Lighting Designer and Associate Professor for the departments of Ballet and Modern Dance at the University of Utah, and as a lighting design instructor at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. Design credits include the San Francisco Opera's Merola and Coconut Grove Playhouse's Young Artist programs, as well as numerous original dance designs for faculty and guest artists, including Deborah Hay, Ben Levy and Andy Vaca, while teaching in Salt Lake City. Other credits include 6 years as the Lighting Director on the International Tour of STOMP; Production Director of the Opera Theater Music Festival in Lucca, Italy; Lighting Supervisor/Assistant Lighting Designer at the Santa Fe Opera; Lighting and Tour Consultant for the Original Broadway Cast tours of the Greater Tuna trilogy and Assistant Lighting Designer at the Cincinnati Ballet. She is a member of IATSE Local 500. For more information about Deanna, see her website at deannafitzgerald.com.

e-mail: deannaf@email.arizona.edu
office: 520.621.3272

Drama Bldg, Room 253

http://www.deannafitzgerald.com