bIOGRAPHY        FOR RICK PAULSEN

Since 1981 I have been fortunate to have designed lighting for well over 200 theatrical productions.  I make my home in Seattle and my work has been seen at nearly all of that city's major performing arts institutions and at many theatres across the country including Arizona Theatre Company, the Denver Center, The Goodman Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, the Guthrie Lab, the Cleveland Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, San Jose Rep, Childsplay, the Oregon Shakespearean Festival, Portland Center Stage, GEVA Theatre and the Wildwood Festival.  My lighting has also been represented on the tours of The Gospel at Colonus, Inspecting Carol and Addy: An American Girl Story.  The staging of new works for the theatre is an area I have a keen interest in; I count myself lucky to have been involved with numerous world premieres by playwrights such as Steven Dietz, John Pielemeier, Jon Klein, Doris Baisley, John Olive and William Mastrosimone.  As a teacher, I served as an instructor at Cornish College of the Arts from 1984-1990 and as a Lecturer at the University of Washington School of Drama from 1990-1993.  For several years I have been a Trustee on the Western Regional Executive Board for United Scenic Artists local #829.  I have degrees from the University of Northern Iowa and the University of Washington School of Drama.  

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