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First Name
Sarah

Last Name
Aker

Title
Visiting Professor of Theatrical Design

Email
[email protected]

Office Phone
616-331-3484

Office Location
2761A HCPA

Biography
Sarah Aker is the visiting faculty in theatre here at Grand Valley State. This is her third show with GVSU, after designing the lighting for Five Mile Lake and Wrens last year. Other recent lighting designs include cullud wattah, Dance Nation, Hyenas, and Spain (Actors’ Theatre Grand Rapids) and Continuity (GRCC). Some of her recent scenic/lighting designs include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Urinetown, and Radium Girls (Ferris State). Favorite lighting design credits include Paradise Lost and Alabaster (ATGR); The Revolutionists, Julius Caesar, Fun Home, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Stephens College, MO); The Spitfire Grill (Okoboji Summer Theatre, IA); Pretty Theft (Beloit College, WI); and Frankenstein (South Bend Civic Theatre, IN). She holds an MFA in Lighting Design from Florida State University and a BA in theatre and psychology from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame.