By Pig Pen Theatre Company
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre
Venue: The Dewitt Main Theatre
Director: Leonard Banovez
Scenic Design: Sarah Pearline
Costume Design: Leslie Vaglica
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Tamir Eplan-Frankel
Prop Design: Katie Link
Photos: Ben Douma and Eric Van Tassell

By Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie
Music by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford
Meadow Brook Theatre
Venue: Meadow Brook Theatre, Oakland University
Director: Tyrick Wiltez Jones
Music Director: Alex Parrish
Choreographer: Kristen Brooks Sandler
Scenic Design: Kristen Gribbin
Costume Design: Karen Kangas-Preston
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Kate Wecker
Photos: Sean Carter Photography and Eric Van Tassell

Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College
Director: Rhett Luedtke
Choreographer: Lindsey Hanson
Scenic Design: Keith Pitts
Costume Design: Michelle Bombe
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Ken Chamberlain
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

Written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College
Director: Daina Robins
Scenic Design: Sotirios Livaditis
Costume Design: Michelle Bombe
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Ken Chamberlain
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Certificate of Merit for Eric Van Tassell for Excellence in Lighting Design

By Lauren Gunderson
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College
Director: Rhett Luedtke
Scenic Design: Keith Pitts
Costume Design: Cherokee Bauer
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Ken Chamberlain
Photos: Eric Van Tassell and Erik Alberg

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Certificate of Merit for Eric Van Tassell for Excellence in Lighting Design

Music and Lyrics by Adam Guettel
Hope Repertory Theatre
Venue: John and Dede Howard Recital Hall, Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts
Director: Rhett Luedtke
Music Director: Alex Thompson
Scenic Design: Lindsay Webster
Costume Design: Katherine L. Dohogne
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Bri Stonebrenner
Projection Design: Lindsay Webster
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

Conceived by Maurice Hines Jr.
Written by Lee Summers
Meadow Brook Theatre
Venue: Meadow Brook Theatre, Oakland University
Director: Lee Summers
Music Director: Dionne Hendricks
Scenic Design: Kirk A. Domer
Costume Design: Karen Kangas-Preston
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Assistant Lighting Design: Ava Bell
Sound Design: Mike Duncan
Projection Design: Jeromy Hopgood
Wig & Hair Design: Wendy Evans
Photos: Sean Carter Photography and Eric Van Tassell

Written by Christopher Chen
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Studio Theatre, Hope College
Director: Bianca Ciungan
Scenic Design: Milo Bue
Costume Design: Michelle Bombe
Hair & Makeup Design: Ellie Theune
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Erik Alberg
Photos: Eric Van Tassell and Erik Alberg

Written and Composed by Jason Robert Brown
Hope Repertory Theatre
Venue: The Knickerbocker Theatre
Director: Rhett Luedtke
Scenic Design: Polly Robbins
Costume Design: Anna Hill
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Erik Alberg
Photos: Erik Alberg and Eric Van Tassell

By Michael Frayn
Meadow Brook Theatre
Venue: Meadow Brook Theatre, Oakland University
Director: Travis W. Walter
Scenic Design: Kristen Gribbin
Costume Design: Karen Kangas-Preston
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Mike Duncan
Photos: Sean Carter Photography and Eric Van Tassell

Devised By Chris Garcia Peak in collaboration with the actors
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College; toured to Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) Region 3 at University of Michigan-Flint Theatre
Director: Chris Garcia Peak, original production; Daina Robins, remount production
Music and Lyrics: Nathan Streifel
Scenic Design: Sotirios Livaditis
Puppet Design: Jesse Mooney-Bullock
Costume Design: Michelle Bombe
Lighting Design: Ken Chamberlain and Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Eric Van Tassell and Ken Chamberlain
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

Received 11 Awards from The National KCACTF Committee including:

Outstanding Production of a New, Devised or Company-Generated Work

Distinguished Achievement in Lighting Design

Distinguished Achievement in Sound Design

By Rohina Malik
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College
Direction: Rhett Luedtke and Rohina Malik
Scenic Design: Keith Pitts
Costume Design: Michelle Bombe and Alegría Guzmán
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Eric Van Tassell
Projection Design: Keith Pitts
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

Written by Lynn Nottage
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College
Director: Bianca Ciungan
Scenic Design: Keith Pitts
Costume Design: Michelle Bombe
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Projection Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Ken Chamberlain
Photos: Eric Van Tassell and Erik Alberg

By Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre
Venue: John and Dede Howard Recital Hall, Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts
Director: Lenny Banovez
Scenic Design: Sarah Pearline
Costume Design: Andrew Vincent
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Josh Schmidt
Photos: Erik Alberg

Wilde Award Winner: Best One-Person Show 2018-19
Wilde Award Nominee: Best Lighting Design 2018-19

Written by Sarah Ruhl
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College
Director: Daina Robins
Scenic Design: Lisa Borton
Costume Design: Greer Gardner
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Ken Chamberlain
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

By Bertolt Brecht
Oracle Productions
Venue: Oracle Theatre, Chicago
Director: Max Truax
Scenic Design: Eleanor Kahn
Costume Design: Joan Pritchard
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Projection Design: Jeremy Clark
photos: joe mazza -- brave lux inc; and Eleanor Kahn

BroadwayWorld Chicago Award Nominee for Non-Equity Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell

Non-Equity Jeff Award Winner 2014 for Best Play: Oracle Productions

Written by Lauren Gunderson
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Studio Theatre, Hope College
Director: Daina Robins
Scenic Design: Keith Pitts
Costume Design: Michelle Bombe
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Ken Chamberlain and Lydia Konings
Photos: Eric Van Tassell and Erik Alberg

Music and Lyrics By Adam Gwon
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College
Director: Daina Robins
Scenic Design: Eric Van Tassell
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Costume Design: Michelle Bombe
Director of Photography for Stream: Eric Van Tassell
Photos: Eric Van Tassell & Erik Alberg

Written by William Shakespeare
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College
Director: Bianca Ciungan
Scenic Design: Em Allen
Costume Design: Michelle Bombe
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Ken Chamberlain and Schuyler Waters
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

By Alfred Uhry
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre
Venue: DeWitt Theatre, Hope College
Director: Jon Cranney
Scenic Design: Joseph P. Flauto
Costume Design: Andrew Vincent
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Projection Design: Jon Cranney, Joseph P. Flauto, and Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Tyler Knowles
Photos: Erik Alberg

By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte
Lyric Theatre @ Illinois
University of Illinois
Venue: Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Director: Nathan Gunn
Conductor: Filippo Ciabatti
Scenic Design: Jose Manuel Diaz-Soto
Costume Design: Nicole Zausmer
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Media Design: Anja Hose
Sound Design: Matt Powell
photos: Eric Van Tassell and Darrell Hoemann

Written by Audrey Cefaly
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Studio Theatre, Hope College
Director: Daina Robins
Scenic Design: Keith Pitts
Costume Design: Reneé Marting
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Ken Chamberlain
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

By Jason Odell Williams
Williamston Theatre
Director: Tony Caselli
Scenic Design: Kirk A. Domer
Costume Design: Karen Kangas-Preston
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Brian Cole
Photos: Chris Purchis

By Kate Hamill
Hope College Theatre Department
Venue: Dewitt Main Theatre, Hope College
Direction: Rhett Luedtke
Scenic Design: Em Allen
Costume Design: Amanda VanderByl
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell and Ava Bell
Sound Design: Erik Alberg
Photos: Eric Van Tassell and Erik Alberg

By Suzan-Lori Parks
Oracle Productions
Venue: Oracle Theatre, Chicago
Director: Vanessa Stalling
Scenic Design: James Ogden
Properties Design: Emily Breyer
Costume Design: Joan Pritchard
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Steve Labedz
photos: joe mazza -- brave lux inc

By Walt McGough
Sideshow Theatre Company
Venue: Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago
Director: Megan Smith
Scenic Design: Megan Truscott
Costume Design: Lauren Josef
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Michael Huey
Photos: Jonathan L. Green

Music by Barbara Anselmi
Book and Lyrics by Brian Hargrove
The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol
Director: Tara Kromer
Choreographer: Tyler Beauregard
Scenic Design: Kenneth Constant
Costume Design: Rich Najuch
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Nick Erickson
Assistant Lighting Design: Lindsey Young
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

By Nathan Alan Davis
Illinois Theatre
Venue: The Studio Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Director: Tyrone Phillips
Scenic Design: Nicholas Schwartz
Costume Design: Paul Kim
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Properties Master: Kristen Nuhn
Sound Design: Luke Parker
Photos: Darrel Hoemann

By Diana Son
The Studio Theatre Tierra Del Sol
Director: Roberta Emerson
Scenic Design: Kenneth Constant
Costume Design: Monica Titus
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Nick Erickson
Projection Design: Nick Erickson, Kenneth Constant, and Eric Van Tassell
Assistant Lighting Design: Lindsey Young
Photos: Brian Sumner

By Sandy Rustin
Meadow Brook Theatre
Venue: Meadow Brook Theatre, Oakland University
Director: Travis W. Walter
Scenic Design: Kristen Gribbin
Costume Design: Leslie Littell
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Mike Duncan
Photos: Sean Carter Photography and Eric Van Tassell

Andes Award for Favorite Lighting Design, as voted by Meadow Brook Theatre subscribers

By Suzan-Lori Parks
University of Illinois Theatre
Venue: Colwell Playhouse Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Director: Robert G. Anderson
Scenic Design: Regina Garcia
Costume Design: Sharné van Ryneveld
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: David Greenberg
Photos: Alon Stotter

By Mercedes White
Definition Theatre Company
Venue: The Den, Chicago
Director: Alana Arenas
Scenic Design: Moon Jung Kim
Costume Design: Megan Turner
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Aaron Stephenson
photos: joe mazza -- brave lux inc

By Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Adapted by Gore Vidal
Oracle Productions
Venue: Oracle Theatre, Chicago
Director: Kasey Foster
Scenic Design: Joanna Iwanicka
Costume Design: Eli Hunstad, Tara Smith
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Kevin O’Donnell
photos: joe mazza -- brave lux inc

By MDeegan
Oracle Productions
Venue: Oracle Theatre, Chicago
Director: Max Truax
Co-Lighting Design: Mac Vaughey and Eric Van Tassell
Scenic Design: Tyler Burke
Costume Design: Joan Pritchard
Sound Design: MDeegan

Oracle Productions
Venue: Oracle Theatre, Chicago
Directors: Karen Yates (The Adventures of Philip Marlowe), Ben Fuchsen (Gunsmoke), Laura K. Smith (My Favorite Husband)
Scenic Design: James Ogden
Costume Design: Joan Pritchard
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Jonathan Guillen
Photos: Laura K. Smith

By Christopher-Kidder Mostrom & Sasha Warren
Translated by Laura Thurston, Bill Hedrick, Christopher Kidder-Mostrom, and Chris Lipscombe
Commedia Beauregard
Venue: The Raven Theatre, Chicago
Director: Eric Van Tassell
Scenic Design: Christopher Kidder-Mostrom
Costume Design: Jeff Stolz
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Make-up & Prosthetics: Bill Hedrick
Sound Design: Joe Griffin

By Henrik Ibsen
The Studio Theatre at Tierra Del Sol
Director: Celine Rosenthal
Scenic Design: Kenneth Constant
Costume Design: Rich Najuch
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Nick Erickson
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

By August Strindberg
Oracle Prodcutions
Venue: Oracle Theatre, Chicago
Director: Max Truax
Scenic Design: Max Truax and Brieanne Hauger
Costume Design: Joan Pritchard
Sound Design: Jonathan Guillen
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominee 2011 for Best Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell