Kristeen Willis

COURSES TAUGHT:
telling story through design

KRISTEEN WILLIS is a graduate of Centre College with a BA in Dramatic Arts.  She also received an MFA in Theatrical Lighting Design from Wayne State University Hilberry Company.  She spent 10 years in academia teaching all areas of design and still adjunct teaches at various institutions.  Currently, she is Associate Producer, Production Manager and Resident Designer for Artists Repertory Theatre where she designed scenery and lighting for several productions each season.  She also designs locally in Portland Oregon and Regionally.  Regional theater credits include lighting designs for A Contemporary Theatre and Triad Stage. Her Portland area design credits include 1984 and Between Riverside and Crazy at Artists Repertory Theatre;  Buyer & Cellar and Tiny Beautiful Things, at Portland Center Stage; The Night Alive and Or, at Third Rail Repertory Theatre; Snow White and Little Red “Riding Hood” at Northwest Children's Theater and School; Goosebumps the Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium and Fly Guy: The Musical at Oregon Children’s Theater; Buried Child and Thief River at Profile Theatre; The Outgoing Tide and Luna Gale at CoHo Productions; and Oedipus El Rey at Milagro Theatre.