LEANNA KEYES
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IN-PERSON DESIGN

The Land of Swollen Faces, lighting design
     Kairos Italy Theater @ The Tank NYC
     dir. Laura Caparrotti & Jay Stern, May 2022

Hide and Seek
, lighting design
     Kairos Italy Theater @ The Tank NYC
     dir. Carlotta Brentan, May 2022

Rule of 7x7, assistant lighting design
     @ The Tank NYC
     design. Jonathan Cottle
     prod. Brett Epstein, April 2022

#SoSadSoSexy, lighting & sound design
     Tapestry Collective @ The Tank NYC
​     dir. Simha Toledano, April 2022

​​As One, co-lighting designer
     Opera Memphis, Memphis TN
     dir. Ned Canty & Joy Brooke Fairfield, August 2019

Caeneus and Poseiden, lighting designer
     Dragon Theater, Redwood City
     dir. Amy Crumpacker & Rick Razo, March 2017

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT, ETC.

Bay Area Playwrights Festival, production manager/producer
      Playwrights Foundation
      July 2015-2017, 2019-2022

The Cutting Ball Theater, production manager
     December 2015 - November 2017

American Conservatory Theater, production supervisor
     March - October 2017, various projects

Eugenie Chan Theater Projects, production manager
     Madame Ho
     July 2017 - October 2017

The Real World: Stanford, executive producer
      I Thrive @ Stanford
      dir. Alison Valentine, 2015
      dir. Alison Valentine, 2016
​      dir. Cecilia Lang-Ree, 2017
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Rhodes College, consulting production stage manager
​​      The Unencumbered, February 2017

Stanford TAPS, assistant technical director
​      August 2016 - March 2017 (temp. contract)

42nd Street Moon, production manager
      August 2015 - August 2016
  
Performance Design Acronym, resident production manager
     October 2013 - April 2016

​The Real World: Stanford, producer
       I Thrive @ Stanford
       dir. Ken Savage, 2013

Artistic WORK

The Long Way Around, director
      Stanford Arts Institute
      a new play by Julia Starr, 2014

Thin Fire (devised performance), assistant director/deviser
       Stanford TAPS & Performance Design Acronym
       dir. Joy Fairfield & Beth Hersh, 2014

The Trans Theater Double Feature (Plus a Quickie!)
       Stanford TAPS
       written and directed by Leanna Keyes, 2013
       workshop performances of original one acts:                      
       The Kilogram Play
       God Herself Could Not Sink This Ship
        Legal-Tender Loving Care

STREAMING PRODUCTION

Everything from visual design to streaming design to sound to turning people into holograms, all fully live: learn more at the Transcend Streaming website.
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STAGE MANAGEMENT

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, production stage manager*
     Tennessee Shakespeare Company
     dir. Stephanie Shine, December 2019

Julius Caesar, production stage manager*
     Tennessee Shakespeare Company
     dir. Dan McCleary, September 2019

As One, production stage manager
     Opera Memphis
     dir. Ned Canty & Joy Brooke Fairfield, August 2019

As You Like It, assistant stage manager*
     Tennessee Shakespeare Company
     dir. Dave Dempke, December 2018

Macbeth, assistant stage manager
     Tennessee Shakespeare Company
     dir. Dan McCleary, October 2018

Two Gentlemen of Verona, touring stage manager
     Tennessee Shakespeare Company
     dir. Stephanie Shine, September 2018

Madame Ho, rehearsal stage manager*
     July 2017
     dir. Jessica Heidt

The Boys from Syracuse, asssistant stage manager
     42nd Street Moon
     dir. Greg MacKellan, 2016
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​Scrooge in Love, assistant stage manager*
​     World Premiere
     42nd Street Moon
     dir. Dyan McBride, 2015
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Where's Charley?, assistant stage manager*
      42nd Street Moon
      dir. Dyan McBride, 2015

Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, stage manager
      Flynn Spirit Productions
      dir. Estelle Piper, 2015

Les Misérables, stage manager
       Broadway by the Bay
       dir. Jasen Jeffrey, 2015
       (Redwood City + Monterey Tour)

The Nutcracker, performance stage manager
       Peninsula Ballet Theatre
       artistic dir. David Fonnegra, 2014
       (Redwood City + Monterey Tour)

Anything Goes, assistant stage manager
       Broadway by the Bay
       dir. Michael Ryken, 2014
       (Redwood City + Monterey Tour)

Dreamgirls, stage manager
       Broadway by the Bay
       dir. Angela Schiller, 2014

The Bluest Eye, stage manager
       Stanford TAPS
       dir. Angela Schiller, 2014

Ebbie and Mol and the Apocalypse Song, stage manager
       Cabrini Repertory Theater
       dir. Sammi Cannold, 2013

Dead Man’s Cell Phone, stage manager
       Stanford TAPS
       dir. Isaiah Wooden, 2013   

Sam Shepard and the Eclectic American West, stage manager
       Stanford Repertory Theater
       dir. Rush Rehm, 2012   
   
Curse of the Starving Class, assistant stage manager
       Stanford Repertory Theater
       dir. Rush Rehm, 2012

The Color Purple, assistant stage manager             
       Stanford TAPS 
       dir. Brandon Jackson, 2012
Further design & production credits upon request.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Stanford University | Department of Theater & Performance Studies
Bachelor of Arts with Honors | Graduation with Distinction
Sharifa Omade Edoga Prize for Work Involving Social Issues

Software: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, etc.), Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Cool Edit Pro, Acrobat, Java
Lighting: Extensive experience with programming ETC Eos lighting consoles (Ion, Element)
Stage Combat: Trainings with Dexter Fidler, Tracy Hazas.
Theater of the Oppressed: intensive training by Jamie Samowitz and Laine Forman.