Dante Olivia Smith

Dante is a Lighting and Scenic Designer for theatre and dance. She holds a MFA in lighting design from NYU/Tisch Department of Design for Stage and Film and a BFA in lighting and scenic design from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, WA. Notable productions include: the first production of Tiny Kushner’s The Henry Box Brown Play, various Mike Daisey Monologues and Umo Ensemble’s Final Broadcast. She has worked frequently with Robin Lynn Smith’s Engaged Theatre Tour a project which takes theatre into the men’s and women’s prison facilities around the Puget Sound. Dante has assisted in multiple regional LORT theatre’s and in New York. She has prior experience as a teaching assistant, tutoring first year undergraduate design students in theatre graphics skills. She is an avid baseball fan (Go Mariners!)

Shows participated in:
The Trojan Women (2010 - 11) Lighting Designer