James H. Gage
Resident Lighting Designer
Professor of Theatre Design
Email: gagejh@ucmail.uc.edu
Web-Site: http://www.vilcreations.com

In his 16th year at CCM, Mr. Gage earned his M.F.A. in theatre design at Yale School of Drama. He studied design with Thomas Skelton, Gilbert V. Hemsley, Jr., and Ming Cho Lee. Resident Lighting Designer/Teacher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, The University of California-Berkeley, West Virginia University and Dartmouth College. Regional theatre credits include designs for Yale Repertory Theatre, Buffalo Studio Arena, Connecticut Stratford Shakespeare Theatre, The Cincinnati Playhouse, and Boston's Loeb Theatre Center. He has been resident lighting designer for the Connecticut Ballet Company, The Cincinnati Ballet, ODC/San Francisco, The Wisconsin Ballet Ensemble, and the Oakland Symphony Pops Series. Other design credits include The Kentucky Opera; TOSCA, CARMEN, FALSTAFF, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, AND THE MAGIC FLUTE, Opera Memphis, Indianapolis Opera, The Connecticut Dance Festival, The Festival of the Lakes in Madison, Wisconsin, The Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre, industrial productions of THE SPIRIT OF MILWAUKEE and THE FUTURE IS NOW at the MGM Grand in Reno, Vegas acts for Lily Tomlin, Joey Heatherton, Bernadette Peters, Ashford and Simpson, and Joseph Papp's NYSF production of Andre Serban's SGANARELLE.... As principal lighting designer for Players Theater Columbus, Mr. Gage has designed the world premiere of Ed Graczyk's A MURDER OF CROWS, STEEL MAGNOLIAS, THE BOYS NEXT DOOR, COLE, NOISES OFF, and GYPSY. His USITT award winning lighting designs for CCM include; THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN, EVITA, HAIR, A CHORUS LINE, THE KNOT GARDEN, RICHARD 3, INTO THE WOODS, ZAIDE, THE BAKER'S WIFE, and the U.S. premiere of THE CHALK CIRCLE. He is the 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1994, USITT Peggy Ezekiel Award winner for outstanding lighting design. He has adjudicated major design competitions recently in Orlando and Cleveland. Conducted Master classes at Wayne State U., Ohio U., Northern Illinois U., and Kent State. Recent designs include: Edward Albee's world premiere of FRAGMENTS, Lee Blessing's THE RIGHTS and theme park designs for Paramount's Kings Island Productions. His company, Visions In Light continues to win awards for architectural applications throughout the region. He is also a member of The United Scenic Artists of America, local 829.

Eric Cimini
Resident Master Electrician
Technical Theater Specialist
Email: eric.cimini@uc.edu

Eric Cimini's most recent position was at the the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he served as the Theater/Lighting specialist for the school's 4,300 seat Eisenhower Hall. While working at West Point, he managed all lighting and technical issues for touring productions such as David Copperfield and the Beach Boys, as well as cadet and military functions. Cimini also held the position of Lightning Designer for KC and the Sunshine Band's 2005-06 international tour. He has served as Technical Director at Interlochen Arts Camp, supervising the technical aspects of more than 75 touring productions including such artists as Josh Groban, Aretha Franklin, Jewel, Bobby McFerrin and Lou Rawls.