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Please review the following potential bios for your theatre program. This text can be copy-and-pasted into any word processing application and formatted to fit your particular needs. Any variations from the written syntax must be approved by Steven Young.

Important!
Program Title Page credit will be listed as Lighting Design by Steven Young.

Program Bio credit will only be listed as "Steven Young, Lighting Designer", not "Steven Young, Lighting", or "Steven Young, Lights" or "Steven Young, Light Design".

Lastly, at no point will Steven Young's name be listed as "Steve Young," nor will any middle initial be used.

Current Bio

Steven Young (Lighting Designer) Steven has designed theatrical lighting throughout Southern California, including Songs For A New World (Ovation Award) at the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, JOB: The Hip-Hopera at the Stella Adler in Hollywood, Side Show (Garland Award, Robby Award) and The Laramie Project (Ovation Award nomination) for the Colony Theatre in Burbank, She Loves Me for Reprise! Broadway’s Best; Cabaret for Moonlight Amphitheatre in Vista; Jekyll & Hyde for Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities, Hot Mikado (Garland Award) and Ragtime for Musical Theatre West, My Way for McCoy-Rigby Entertainment in La Mirada, Summertime (Ovation Award nomination) for Theatre@Boston Court in Pasadena, Letting Go of God with Julia Sweeney at the Hudson Backstage, Basic Training and Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Wild Party at the Blank Theatre in Hollywood; Side By Side By Sondheim and Showtune at the Pasadena Playhouse, plus five years as resident designer for Performance Riverside.

Steven has also designed for Coconut Grove Playhouse, Manitoba Theatre Centre, South Coast Repertory, Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, Laguna Playhouse, Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Steven has designed extensively for the theme park industry, including lead design for the Ruzika Company on Universal Studios Islands of Adventure Cat in the Hat attraction, Warner Bros Movie World Maverick, Magic of the West stage show in both Australia and Germany and Knott’s Berry Farm Wave Runner preshow areas. Under the guidance of Patrick Gallegos, Steven designed lighting systems and concepts for the LEGOLAND LEGO Racers 4D in California , Billund, and Windsor , plus architectural spaces in Pasadena , Cerritos and Kansas City .

Steven was recently honored with the Angstrom Lifetime Achievement Award in Lighting Design by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. For more information and a complete listing of projects, please see www.syoungld.com.

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