Lighting Designer

In 1943, the National Negro Opera Company is set to perform on a floating barge to evade racially-segregated venues. But when bad weather threatens—pushing the performance to a segregated performance hall—visionary impressaria Mary Cardwell Dawson must find a way forward.

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The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

A family of Nebraskan homesteaders in the 1870s dreams of "proving up." They endeavor to obtain the deed to the land they've settled by fulfilling the requirements of the Homestead Act: five years of harvest, a sod house dwelling, and perhaps the most elusive element—a glass window.

Proving Up

Pittsburgh Opera

When Mona finds a mysterious suitcase filled with stolen masterpieces, she must grapple with a choice to save these priceless paintings or save her son—the thief. Burning the paintings would destroy the evidence of her son’s crime, but one of the paintings—Lucien Freud’s “Woman With Eyes Closed”—looks just like her own mother, a painter who died when Mona was still young. The uncanny resemblance unlocks long-buried memories that fuel the fires of three different possible endings.

Todd Nonn

Lighting Designer

Events

Upcoming events

Apr 26 - May 4, 2025

Woman With Eyes Closed · Pittsburgh Opera

Past events

Apr 27 - May 5, 2024

The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson · Pittsburgh Opera

17 - 25 Feb, 2024

Proving Up · Pittsburgh Opera

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