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Eric Van Tassell

  • THEATRICAL LIGHTING DESIGN
  • DANCE LIGHTING DESIGN
  • Installation and Event Lighting
  • BIO & PRESS
  • Contact & Resume

THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON

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
Sound Design: Tamir Eplan-Frankel
Prop Design: Katie Link
Photos: Ben Douma and Eric Van Tassell

AN ILIAD

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
Sound Design: Josh Schmidt
Photos: Erik Alberg

Wilde Award Winner: Best One-Person Show 2018-19

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

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

BRIGHT STAR

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

SILENT SKY

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

PASSAGE

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

THE BOY WHO HATES EVERYTHING - Remount

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: Ken Chamberlain and Eric Van Tassell
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

THE HIJABIS

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

EURYDICE

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

THE MOTHER

By Bertolt Brecht
Oracle Productions
Venue: Oracle Theatre, Chicago
Director: Max Truax
Scenic Design: Eleanor Kahn
Costume Design: Joan Pritchard
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

THE REVOLUTIONISTS

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

ORDINARY DAYS

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

DRIVING MISS DAISY

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

DON GIOVANNI

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
Media Design: Anja Hose
Sound Design: Matt Powell
photos: Eric Van Tassell and Darrell Hoemann

THE AMERICA PLAY

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
Sound Design: Steve Labedz
photos: joe mazza -- brave lux inc

CHALK

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

IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU

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
Sound Design: Nick Erickson
Assistant Lighting Design: Lindsey Young
Photos: Eric Van Tassell

DONTRELL, WHO KISSED THE SEA

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
Properties Master: Kristen Nuhn
Sound Design: Luke Parker
Photos: Darrel Hoemann

STOP KISS

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

CLUE: ON STAGE

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

ROMEO AND JULIET

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
Sound Design: David Greenberg
Photos: Alon Stotter

GENESIS

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

ROMULUS

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
Sound Design: Kevin O’Donnell
photos: joe mazza -- brave lux inc

TERMEN VOX MACHINA

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

RADIO GOGGLES

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
Sound Design: Jonathan Guillen
Photos: Laura K. Smith

A KLINGON CHRISTMAS CAROL

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
Make-up & Prosthetics: Bill Hedrick
Sound Design: Joe Griffin

A DOLL'S HOUSE

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

THE GHOST SONATA

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

NANA DOES VEGAS

By Katherine DiSavino
Meadow Brook Theatre
Venue: Meadow Brook Theatre, Oakland University
Director: Travis W. Walter
Choreographer: Debbie Williams
Scenic Design: Brian Kessler
Costume Design: Shireen Unvala
Lighting Design: Eric Van Tassell
Sound Design: Mike Duncan
Photos: Sean Carter Photography and Eric Van Tassell

THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON

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AN ILIAD

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THE ADDAMS FAMILY

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BRIGHT STAR

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SILENT SKY

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PASSAGE

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THE BOY WHO HATES EVERYTHING - Remount

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THE HIJABIS

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EURYDICE

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THE MOTHER

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THE REVOLUTIONISTS

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ORDINARY DAYS

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DRIVING MISS DAISY

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DON GIOVANNI

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THE AMERICA PLAY

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CHALK

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IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU

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DONTRELL, WHO KISSED THE SEA

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STOP KISS

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CLUE: ON STAGE

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ROMEO AND JULIET

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GENESIS

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ROMULUS

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TERMEN VOX MACHINA

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RADIO GOGGLES

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A KLINGON CHRISTMAS CAROL

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A DOLL'S HOUSE

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THE GHOST SONATA

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NANA DOES VEGAS

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