TIM SWISS
Theatrical Lighting Designer
Tim has been a professional Lighting Designer for over 20 years. He graduated from Syracuse University with a concentration in Lighting Design. He has worked at Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theater, Bay Street Theater, Syracuse Stage, Pennsylvania Center Stage, The Washington Ballet, RedCat and Celebration Theater. Tim has designed over 200 professional productions in New York, Maryland, DC, Virginia, and California. He is a certified rigger for IATSE. He has been nominated for several Ovation Awards and won the LA Weekly award for Lighting design. In addition to his professional work Tim is an educator. He has taught lighting at Penn State University, California Institute of the Arts and Saddleback College where he has been for 15 years.
Take a private one-on-one lesson or choose from one of these 7-session group Theatrical Lighting courses:
FUNCTIONS & QUALITY OF LIGHT Tuesdays 6:00-7:00 pm EST
A look at the core aspects of light design. The skeleton of light design.
DESIGN BASICS & FUNDAMENTALS Fridays 5:00-6:00 pm EST
The starting place of a design. Build the core that your design is based on.
DIGITAL SCRIPT CREATION FOR DESIGNERS & STAGE MANAGERS Thursdays 5:00-6:00 pm EST
Bringing paper scripts to a digital format.
COLOR THEORY Mondays 7:00-8:00 pm EST
How color in light works and how to incorporate it into your design.
