Donald Holder: SMASH – A Discussion of Broadway Theater Lighting at Endicott

BEVERLY – How do they do that? Have you ever wondered how a Broadway show’s lighting gets to look as amazing as it does? How the entire mood of a show is created by the position, timing and colors of the lights? Come find out on Monday, October 29 at 7 p.m. in a talk by American lighting designer, Donald Holder at the Rose Performance Hall, Endicott College’s Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts, 376 Hale Street, Beverly.  The event is free and open to the public. 

Mr. Holder designs for the theatre, opera, and dance based in New York. He has been nominated for eight Tony Awards, winning the 1998 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design as well as the Drama Desk Award for Best Lighting Design for The Lion King. He won a second Tony in 2008 for the Revival of South Pacific. With numerous additional Broadway credits, he is currently the theatrical lighting designer for the NBC-Universal Television Series Smash. 

Mr. Holder earned a B.S., from the University of Maine, and an M.F.A., Yale School of Drama. In addition to his public talk, he will be meeting directly with Endicott College students and faculty throughout the day on Monday. He will also be available for questions after the event.

 This program is sponsored by Endicott College and is free and open to the public, but you can reserve tickets at www.endicott.edu/centerforthearts or by leaving a message at the box office at (978) 998-7700.  For more information about the event or the Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts, please contact Becca Kenneally, Performing Arts Chair, at rkenneal@endicott.edu or (978) 232-2397; or you can visit the Endicott College Center for the Arts webpage at www.endicott.edu/centerforthearts.