Bridges of Madison County

Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire IL  |     Summer 2017

Projection Design

• Direction Nick Bowling

• Set Design Jeff Kmeic

• Lighting Jesse Klug

Bridges of Madison County used twelve projectors controlled with WatchOut 6 to project an image that was 350' x 9' in Marriott's in-the-round space.  We projected on reclaimed barn wood that ran behind the audience.  Images showed the rolling landscape of Iowa and suggested the quickly shifting locations through signage, and lighting changes.  This production was particularly challenging as it involved a 32 hour change-over.

"...set designer Jeffrey D. Kmiec and projection designer Anthony Churchill capture both the beautifully flat expanse of Iowa while also conveying Francesca's boxed-in feelings as a dissatisfied housewife."

        -Daily Herald

Photos by Anthony Churchill 

The Body of An American

StageLeft Theatre at Theatre Wit         |     Summer 2016

Projections & Set

Jeff Award Winner for Projections - 2017

• Direction Jason A Fleece

• Lighting John Kohn III

• Costumes Brenda Winstead

The Body of An American is an exciting true story about regretting the things we've done and haven't done.  The story is told by two actors who play dozens of roles around the globe, from Africa to Alaska and everywhere in between.  Projections are key to this play, because one of the main characters, Paul Watson, is a photographer and much of his original work was used in the show.    

For this piece, I collaborated as set designer and projections designer which gave me the freedom to create the surfaces I was projecting on.  We felt it was important to leave the set fairly simple - yet evocative - and so the projections did a lot of the work in showing locale.

Photos by Ian McLaren