Shane Hennessy (they/them) is a Lighting Designer for Live Performance from Sag Harbor, NY. Shane draws inspiration from Modern & Pop Art, Speculative Fiction novels, and Animation – some favorites being Dan Flavin’s installation work, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, and Across the Spiderverse (2023). Outside of the theater, they are also an avid Dungeons & Dragons player, Survivor watcher, and cat enjoyer! Their work has been seen recently at The Tank, The New Ohio, Gymnopedie Bushwick, DR2, & Columbia University.
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Blues for an Alabama Sky - Angel & Leland at golden hour. Photo by Yiyuan Li.
Blues for an Alabama Sky - End of Play. Photo by Yiyuan Li.
Ride the Cyclone - Jane Doe's haunting, ghostly refrain at top of play.
Ride the Cyclone - "Noel's Lament" Noel sings about his dreams of living in poetic tragedy.
The Hypochondriac - Afternoon in the Upjohn household. Photo by Ella Bromblin.
The Hypochondriac - Archie's disco drug trip. Photo by Ella Bromblin.
Moonshiner - Riv, Joan, & Imogen sit by the pool during the wildfires. Photo by Shane Hennessy.
Phaedra's Love - Family Dinner - moments before the bloodshed. Photo by Carol Rosegg
Phaedra's Love - Hippolytus & Phaedra in the bedroom. Photo by Carol Rosegg
SMUTA - A pop-up torture chamber in Moscow. Photo by Zach Landes
SMUTA - Good Boy in the techno club. Photo by Zach Landes
SMUTA - Yakov's fantastical dreams explode. Photo by Zach Landes