http://www.leekeenan.com/blog Portfolio and News for Chicago based Lighting and Scenic Designer Lee Keenan Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:12:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tonight I was initiated as a Company Member of the House Theatre of Chicago, and I can't tell you what it means to me. It is rare to find a group of people so committed to the same goals and ethics as you, seeking to achieve them through the same ... http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2008/06/14/house-initiation/ Don't miss my first lighting design for Lookingglass. It was a delightful adventure to work on and it is a delightful adventure to watch. Scenic Design by Jacqueline and Richard Penrod Lighting Design by Lee Keenan Costume Design by Mara Blumenfeld Original music by Kevin O’Donnell Sound Design by Joshua Horvath FeaturingKevin Douglas and Philip R. ... http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2008/05/10/around-the-world-in-80-days/ Silk Road Theatre Project | Pierce Hall, Chicago Temple Building | Sprin 2008 Our Enemies by Yussef El Guindi Director | Patrizia Acerra Scenic Design | Lee Keenan Costume Design | Christine Pascual Lighting Design | Mac Vaughey Sound Design & Original Music | Rob Steel Props Design | Daniel Katz Featuring | Kareem Bandealy, Andrew ... http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2008/04/14/our-enemies-2/ The House Theatre of Chicago | Winter 2008 The Attempters by Shawn Pfautsch Director | Marika Mashburn Scenic Designer | Collette Pollard Costume Designer | Debbie Baer Lighting Designer | Lee Keenan Music Director | Andy Wagner Sound Designer | Rick Sims Props Designer | Michelle Warner http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2008/03/22/the-attempters/ ‘Our Enemies’ steers clear of caricature By Chris Jones | Theater critic March 4, 2008 At the top of Yussef El Guindi’s new play, we’re taken to a TV studio—it looks a lot like Fox News—where an iconoclastic host is about to interview the Arab-born author of “Jihad 101.” It’s a book that ... http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2008/03/03/our-enemies/ Loyola University Chicago | Kathleen Mullady Memorial Theatre | February 2008 Burial at Thebes adapted from Sophocles Antigone by Seamus Heaney Director | Sarah Gabel Scenic & Costume Designer | Jacqueline Firkins Lighting Designer | Lee Keenan http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2008/02/16/burial-at-thebes/ The Building Stage | Fall 2007 Noir Conceived and Directed by Blake Montgomery Production Design | Lee Keenan, Meghan Raham, and Blake Montgomery Costume Design | Meghan Raham Lighting design | Lee Keenan Sound Design | Kevin O’Donnell Assistant Lighting Designer | Ryan Williams Performed and Created | David Amaral, Eddie Bennett, Sarah Goeden, Fannie Hungerford, ... http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2007/10/21/noir-2/ The Building Stage presents Noir What a joy this was to light, the whole production is in greyscale, right down to skin and hair [thanks to the actors for their laborious preshow makeup job]. It is is dark,shadowy , high contrast, sexy, its Noir. And the show is funny, it comes ... http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2007/10/07/noir/ I'm really proud of this show. I designed the set and the projections on this our latest Silk Road Theatre Project: Shishir Kurup's Merchant On Venice. The "On" is not a typo, this is a modern adaptation set on West LA's Venice Blvd with Hindus and Muslims rather than ... http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2007/10/07/merchant-on-venice/ Silk Road Theatre Project | Pierce Hall, Chicago Temple Building | Fall 2007 Merchant on Venice by Shishir Kurup Director | Stuart Carden Scenic Design | Lee Keenan Costume Design | Carol Blanchard Lighting Design | Rebecca Barrett Sound Design & Original Music | Rob Steel Props Design | Dan Pellant Featuring | Kamal Hans, Madrid St. Angelo, ... http://www.leekeenan.com/blog/2007/10/01/39/