THEATER

Twig (LD) / Director. Arseniy Fariatiev / Trashfest 2025 at The Tank / New York, NY / July 2025
Joy: A New True Musical OFF-BROADWAY (ALD) / LD. Yael Lubetzky / Ken Davenport Productions / at the Laura Pels Theatre / June 2025
Millions (Associate LD) / LD. Don Holder / Alliance Theatre / Atlanta, GA / May 2025
The Brothers Karamazov (LD) / Director. Michael DeFillippis / New American Ensemble / at the Stag & Lion Theatre / New York, NY / April 2025
Big Love (LD) / Director. Ares Harper / Columbia University / at the Schapiro Theatre / February 2025
A Case for the Existence of God (LD) / Director. Ari Laura Kreith / Luna Stage / West Orange, NJ / February 2025
The Velveteen Rabbit (LD) / Director. Elise Marie Joyner / Mile Square Theatre / Hoboken, NJ / February 2025
El Vestido de Cristal: A Bilingual Play (LD) / Director. Marisol Rosa-Shapiro / coLAB Arts / New Brunswick, NJ / December 2024
Christmas Time in the City (ALD) / LD. Nick Solyom / Church of St. Paul the Apostle / New York, NY / December 2024
A-Train Anthology (LD) / Divine Riot / at Brooklyn Art Haus / December 2024
Duality (LD) / Director. Anthony M. Laura / Face to Face / in the Gural Theater at A.R.T./NY / December 2024
Three Sisters (LD) / Director. Talia Feldberg / Columbia University / in the Studio at Schapiro / November 2024
Lonely Planet (LD) / Director. Melissa Firlit / Luna Stage / West Orange, NJ / November 2024
Mosquitoes (ALD) / LD. Cat Tate Starmer / The Juilliard School / Stephanie P. McClelland Theater / November 2024
Loneliness Was A Pandemic (LD) / Director. Alex Kopnick / Kopcorp LLC / at Theaterlab / New York, NY / October 2024
Gruesome Playground Injuries (LD) / Director. Catriona Rubenis-Stevens / Art House Productions / Jersey City, NJ / October 2024
Distant Thunder (Lighting Programmer) / LD. Anthony Pearson / Amas Musical Theatre / in the Mezzanine Theatre at A.R.T./NY / September 2024
McNeal BROADWAY (Blacktrax Programmer) / LD. Don Holder / Lincoln Center Theater - Beaumont / September 2024
Cursed (LD) / Director. Arseniy Fariatiev / SubletSeries Co-Op with HERE Arts Center / August 2024
The Great Qin (ALD) / LD. Don Holder / Magique Arts Co. / Xi’an, China / August 2024
Almost, Maine (LD & Proj. Designer) / Director. Camilla Ross / Emerson Theater Collaborative / in Brady Hall at the Verde Valley School / Sedona, AZ / December 2023
Cry It Out (LD) / Divine Riot / at The NuBox at John DeSotelle Studio / New York, NY / November 2023
Forget Me Not (Lighting Programmer) / LD. Colleen Doherty / Manhattan School of Music / at The Riverside Theatre / New York, NY / October 2023
Tracy Jones (LD) / Director. Alex Tobey / Art House Productions / Jersey City, NJ / October 2023
Indecent (LD & Proj. Designer) / Director. Gabrielle Kurlander / Emerson Theater Collaborative / in Brady Hall at the Verde Valley School / Sedona, AZ / October 2023
The Tempest (ALD) / LD. Cat Tate Starmer / The Juilliard School / Stephanie P. McClelland Theater / September 2023
Relapse: A New Musical (Lighting Programmer) / LD. Brian Nason / Gotta Believe Theater Group LLC / Theatre Row / September 2023
Henry V (LD) / Director. William Downes / Classics on the Rocks / at Alchemical Studios / July 2023
Shakespeare’s Leading Players (LD) / Divine Riot / at Alchemical Studios / June 2023
Eurydice (LD) / Director. Jon Capozzoli / Emerson Theater Collaborative / Sedona, AZ / May 2023
My Father’s Play (LD) / Director. Liz Piccoli / at Alchemical Studios / April 2023
Peter and the Starcatcher (LD) / Director. Dustin Ballard / Middlesex College NJ / March 2023
The Good John Proctor (Lighting Programmer) / LD. Isabella Byrd / Bedlam / March 2023
A Healthy Marriage: The Hall-Mills Murders (LD) / Director. Dan Swern / Smugbug Productions / New Brunswick, NJ / February 2023
Living & Breathing (ALD) / LD. Cat Tate Starmer / Two River Theater / Red Bank, NJ / February 2023
Mothermotherland (Lighting Programmer) / LD. Daria Holovchanska / Slovo Theater Group / in the Gural Theater at A.R.T./NY / January 2023
Fires in the Mirror (Lighting Programmer) / LD. Riley Wagner / Rutgers Theater Company / November 2022
Thou Shalt Not (LD) / Director. Karen Alvarado and J.M. Meyer / Thinkery&Verse / New Brunswick, NJ / September 2022
we are continuous (ALD) / LD. Amith Chandrashaker / Nikos Stage at Williamstown Theatre Festival / August 2022
Space Traders (LD) / Director. Nailah Harper-Malveaux / Directing Studio at Williamstown Theatre Festival / July 2022
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Lighting Programmer) / LD. Helena Magee / Rutgers Theater Company / May 2022
The Little Green Birdie (LD) / Director. Christopher Cartmill / Rutgers Theater Company / March 2022
Break (LD) / Director. Knud Adams / Rutgers Theater Company / February 2021
Joan of Arc (ALD) / LD. Ashley Houck / Rutgers Theater Company / March 2020
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (LD) / Director. Jessica Harms / Proscenium Circus at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School / March 2019
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (LD) / Director. Jessica Harms / Proscenium Circus at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School / September 2018
Peter and the Starcatcher (LD) / Director. Jessica Harms / Proscenium Circus at Acton-Boxborough Regional High School / March 2018


OPERA
The Metropolitan Opera / Substitute Staff Assistant Lighting Designer / New York, NY / August 2024 - Present
La Bohème (LD) / Director. Benjamin Spierman / Opera Theater Rutgers / February 2023


DANCE
Spring Graduation Performance (LD) / Greenwich Ballet Academy / Greenwich, CT / June 2025
No Place Like Oz (LD) / Applause Dance Company / Applause NY / at The Riverside Theatre / New York, NY / June 2025
International Heat of Princeton (LD) / diSiac Dance Company / Berlind Theatre at the McCarter Theatre Center / Princeton, NJ / December 2023
Mythos x Elixir (LD) / Princeton University Ballet & eXpressions Dance Company / Hearst Dance Theater / Princeton, NJ / April 2022
High Noon (LD) / Choreo. Malena Sadaka / Rutgers Theater Company / May 2021
When Silence Falls (LD) / Choreo. Danielle Liccardo-Massood / Rutgers Theater Company / December 2019


MUSIC
Link Up: The Orchestra Moves (LD) / Director. Tony Melone / Orchestra Lumos / at Westhill High School in Stamford, CT / April 2023
Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale (LD) / Director. Curtis Howard / Village Verein & Alchemical Studios / Trashfest 2023 at The Tank / July 2023
Jimmy Naughton & Friends (LD) / Director. Jenny Gersten / Main Stage at Williamstown Theatre Festival / August 2022


FILM & TV

God Will Find Me (Feature) (Gaffer) / DP. Jackson Clark / Angelcat LLC. / principle photography wrapped August 2025Vincent Said Violence (Feature - 2nd Unit) (Gaffer) / DP. Jackson Clark / First Fight Films / filmed in January 2025
Duende
(Narrative Short) (Gaffer) / DP. Lucas Cohen / First Fight Films / 2025
Trash Day
(Narrative Short) (Gaffer) / DP. Jackson Clark / Angelcat LLC. / 2024
Hands Like A Brick Wall
(Narrative Short) (Gaffer) / DP. Jackson Clark / Angelcat LLC. / 2024
The Stakeout - SNL Season 48 Episode 13 (Digital Short) (Electrician) / Gaffer. Omri Chaimovitz / NBC Universal / February 2023
Have You Seen Me? (Narrative Short) (Gaffer) / DP. Jackson Clark / Rutgers Filmmaking Center / May 2023
Benjamin (Narrative Short) (Gaffer) / DP. Jackson Clark / Rutgers Filmmaking Center / May 2023


EVENTS & MISC.

“Anti-Boring Cardio” Pop-Up for Supernatural VR Fitness App (Associate LD) / LD. John Froelich / with Ludlow Grey for Meta / November 2024
Cat Tate Starmer / Draftsperson / April 2022 - Present
Public Prep NYC - Performing Arts Showcases / Lighting Technician / June 2023 - June 2025
Art House Productions / Rep Plot Designer / Jersey City, NJ / July 2023
Alchemical Studios / Theatrical Lighting Supervisor / New York, NY / February 2023 - August 2024
ShowPRO Productions / Lighting Designer / New Jersey / June 2023 - Present
Brooklyn Art House / Lighting Technician / Brooklyn, NY / June 2023 - Present
South Orange Performing Arts Center / Lighting Designer / South Orange, NJ / March 2022 - Present
Williamstown Theatre Festival / Staff Lighting Associate / Williamstown, MA / 2022 Season
Rutgers University / Course: Advanced Light Lab / Teaching Assistant / Spring 2022


EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Lighting Design / Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University / Mentors. Don Holder & Cat Tate Starmer / Graduated December 2022
    *Summa Cum Laude

Study Abroad - Rutgers Conservatory at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre / London, England / Mentor. Michael Pavelka / September - December 2021


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About Me
Thanks for coming to my site! :-)
My name is Sarah. I’m a Jersey City, NJ based lighting designer for theater, opera, dance, film & TV. I graduated from Rutgers University in 2022 with a BFA in Lighting Design, where I studied under the mentorship of Don Holder & Cat Tate Starmer. 
My career since then has taken me to the far reaches of the earth - I’ve worked in the most intimate (& dustiest!) basement theaters in NY to the largest stage on Earth in Xi’an, China. No project is too small OR too big. No matter where I am, I am always concerned with the storytelling. I’m good at making a lot with little resources.
A couple words to describe me: collaborative, scrappy, dedicated, loyal
Please drop me a line thru email or on socials - I would love to hear about your next project!
Proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.