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Linda Baumgardner is a lighting designer, stage manager, production manager, producer and educator who has worked in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, and abroad, at venues including: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Kennedy Center, ODC Theatre, The Cowell Theatre, Aspen District Theatre, CounterPULSE, Dance Mission Theater, The Crescent (Belfast), and The San Francisco Circus Center.
Select lighting design credits include: Nevertheless, Readymade and Masses for ka•nei•see |collective; 10th Anniversary, Silence Of, Wax and Wire, Home, Beyond this Moment, Inside, Horsethief Lake, Coasting, Del Mar, Meet Me at the Shenanigan and Who is She? for Dana Lawton Dances; Left to Her Own Devices, Okeanos Intimate and The Perfect Flower for Capacitor; Volver for The Latin Ballet of Virginia; the premiere of Wonderland for the San Francisco Circus Center; the premiere of Time Sensitive, and The Fortune Project: Complete Works for Ragged Wing Ensemble; Oh the Moon, A Wintery Mix and Six Questions for Davalos Dance Company; Homeward for Sarah Bush Dance Project; and Children of Hobbes for Quicksilver Dance.
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Select management credits include: Company Stage & Production Manager for Dana Lawton Dances 2009-2020; the North American Premiere of Sextuor L’Origine des Especes at CalArts (stage manager); the world premiere of Richard Foreman’s What to Wear at REDCAT (assistant stage manager); the premiere of That Untravelled World at CalArts (production manager); the premiere of Open (producer) and the premiere of Handless (production manager) for Ragged Wing Ensemble. She worked as a Stage Management intern for the Joffrey Ballet in fall of 2007 assisting on their production of Giselle. She worked as Producer and Company Manager for foolsFURY where she produced the 2009 FURY Factory, an international ensemble theatre festival which featured works by 23 companies, including many San Francisco artists, and ensembles from as far as Afghanistan and the UK. Additionally, she worked as Managing Director and Producer for Ragged Wing Ensemble for their 2010-2011 season.
She has served as a board member for nonprofit organizations including: Ragged Wing Ensemble; The Quinan Street Project; and the California Institute of the Arts Alumni Association Board of Directors 2006-2010, serving as Co-Chair of the San Francisco Chapter 2010-2011.
Ms. Baumgardner worked as faculty member in the Performing Arts Department at Saint Mary’s College 2008-2016. During her time at Saint Mary's College she taught courses in the Theatre program as well as both the Undergraduate and Graduate Dance programs; served as the Director of MFA Dance: Design and Production and Resident Lighting Designer for the Saint Mary’s College Dance Company.
She holds an MFA in Theatre: Design and Production with a double emphasis in Stage Management and Production Management from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and a BA in Performing Arts from Saint Mary’s College of California.
Ms. Baumgardner worked as faculty member in the Performing Arts Department at Saint Mary’s College 2008-2016. During her time at Saint Mary's College she taught courses in the Theatre program as well as both the Undergraduate and Graduate Dance programs; served as the Director of MFA Dance: Design and Production and Resident Lighting Designer for the Saint Mary’s College Dance Company.
She holds an MFA in Theatre: Design and Production with a double emphasis in Stage Management and Production Management from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), and a BA in Performing Arts from Saint Mary’s College of California.
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Banner Photo: Capacitor Left to Her Own Devices Photography by Eliya Selhub
Subheading Photo ka•nei•see | collective Readymade Photography by Rob Best
Subheading Photo ka•nei•see | collective Readymade Photography by Rob Best