Kathy A. Perkins (USAA)
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Lighting Designer
United Scenic Artists 829

(Representative listing)

  • The St. Louis Black Repertory - St. Louis (Resident Designer, 1989-Present)
    • Artistic Director: Ron Himes
Flyin' West The Wiz Othello Shakin' the Mess Outta Misery
Intimate Apparel One Mo' Time Train is Comin' I Don't Have to Show You No Stinkin' Badges
The Piano Lesson Dreamgirls Raisin When the Chickens Come Home to Roost
A Soldier's Play Eubie Damn Yankees Joe Turner's Come and Gone
In White America Ain't MisBehavin' Oedipus The Dance on Widow's Row
Black Eagles Williams & Walker Blues in the Night Bubbling Brown Sugar
  • Geva Theatre - Rochester
    • Two Trains Running, directed by Ron OJ Parson - 2010
  • About Face Theatre - Chicago
    • Sweet Tea (Premiere) directed by Daniel Alexander Jones - 2010
  • ETA - Chicago
    • Resurrection, directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce 2009
  • Penumbra - St. Paul
    • The Whipping Man, directed by Lou Bellamy - 2009
  • American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) - San Francisco
    • Blood Knot, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright - 2008
  • Berkeley Repertory Theatre - Berkeley
    • The Blue Door, directed by Delroy Lindo - 2007
  • Alabama Shakespeare Festival - Montgomery
    • Gee's Bend (premiere), directed by Janet Cleveland - 2007
  • Spelman College - Atlanta
    • A Song for Coretta (premiere), directed by Crystal Dickinson - 2007
  • A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) - Seattle
    • Wine in the Wilderness, directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton - 2006
  • The Court Theatre - Chicago
    • Flyin' West, directed by Ron OJ Parson - 2007
    • Fences, directed by Ron OJ Parson - 2006
    • Desire Under the Elms, directed by Walter Dallas - 2000
  • The Goodman Theatre - Chicago
    • Black Nativity, directed by Mike Malone - 2005 & 2004
    • A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Chuck Smith - 2000
    • Blues for an Alabama Sky, directed by Chuck Smith - 1998
    • Let Me Live, directed by Ron OJ Parson - 1998
    • Seeking the Genesis (premiere), directed by Walter Dallas - 1996
  • Alliance Theatre - Atlanta
    • Jar the Floor, directed by Andrea Frye - 2002
    • The Ties that Bind, directed by Andrea Frye - 1996
    • A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Woodie King, Jr. - 1994
  • Indiana Repertory Theatre - Indianapolis
    • A Woman Named Truth, directed by Priscilla Lindsey - 2005
    • Blues for an Alabama Sky, directed by Ron Himes - 2003
    • Rosa Parks, directed by Donald Griffin - 1993
  • Congo Square - Chicago
    • Black Nativity, directed by Mike Malone (co-production with Goodman) - 2005 & 2006
    • Wedding Band, directed by Ron OJ Parson (co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre) - 2003
    • From the Mississippi Delta, directed by Cheryl Lynn Bruce - 2002
  • Studio Arena - Buffalo
    • A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Ron OJ Parson - 2004
  • Arkansas Repertory Theatre - Little Rock
    • Dreamgirls, directed by Rajendra Samoon Maharaj - 2004
  • Steppenwolf Theatre - Chicago
    • Wedding Band, directed by Ron OJ Parson - 2003
  • Oberlin Dance Center (ODC) - San Francisco
    • Word Becomes Flesh, directed by Gloria Bigelow - 2003
  • Manhattan Theatre Club - New York City
    • In Real Life, directed by Daniel Sullivan - 2002
  • Yerba Buena Performing Arts Center (San Francisco Hip Hop Theatre Festival)
    • Scourge (premiere), directed by Kamilah Forbes - 2005
  • Grahamstown Festival - Grahamstown, South Africa
    • The Middle Passage (premiere), directed by Nefertiti Burton and Dumile Magodia - 2003
    • Weemen (premiere), directed by Thulani Mtshali - 1996
  • Mark Taper Forum - Los Angeles
    • In Real Life, directed by Daniel Sullivan - 2001
  • Organic Theatre - Chicago
    • Five Rooms of Furniture (premiere), directed by Jonathan Wilson - 2002
    • Amy's View, directed by Ina Marlowe - 2000
  • Seattle Repertory Theatre - Seattle
    • In Real Life (premiere), directed by Daniel Sullivan - 2000
  • Kwazulu Natal Playhouse - Durban, South Africa
    • A Coloured Place, directed by Tina Johnson - 1998
  • New Federal Theatre - New York City, Off-Broadway
    • The Trial of One Short-Sighted Black Woman, directed by Paul C. Harrison - 1998
  • Plowshares Theatre - Detroit
    • Bourbon at the Border, directed by Gary Anderson - 1998
  • Windybrow Center for the Arts - Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Hang on in There Nelson (premiere), directed by Walter Chakela - 1996
    • Death & the Maiden, directed by Damon Berry - 1996
  • Onyx Theatre - Chicago
    • East Texas Hotlinks, directed by Ron OJ Parson - 1998 & 1995
    • Flyin' West, directed by Ron OJ Parson - 1997
    • Sty of the Bling Pig - 1996
    • Unquestioned Integrity: The Hill/Thomas Hearings, directed by J. R. Sullivan - 1996
    • 4 Queens and No Trumps, directed by Ted Lange - 1998
  • Carnegie Hall - New York City
    • 125th Anniversary Tribute to W.E.B. DuBois - 1993
  • Victory Gardens Theatre - Chicago
    • Spinning into Blue, directed by Sandy Shinner - 1993
  • Missouri Repertory Theatre - Kansas City
    • Broadway Bound, directed by George Keathley - 1992
  • A Director's Theatre - Hollywood
    • The Heart Outright, directed by Sheri Kane - 1989
    • Win/Lose/Draw, directed by Dorothy Lyman - 1988
    • Some Sweet Day, directed by Claude Purdy - 1987
  • Los Angeles and San Francisco
    • Checkmates, directed by Woodie King - 1987 & 1988
  • Los Angeles Theatre Center - Los Angeles (Resident Lighting Designer, 1985-1987)
    • The Three Sisters, The Birthday Party, Help Wanted, the Triumph of the Spider Monkey (premiere)
    • Various music concerts and experimental productions
  • The Negro Ensemble Company (NEC) - New York City, Off-Broadway
    • La Grima del Diablo, directed by Richard Gant - 1980