Zak Stowe is an award-winning lighting designer and all around crazy theatre person whose work runs the gamut from pyrotechnic and special effect design to production manager and technical director. He has also directed several critically-acclaimed plays. Zak is based in Madison, Wisconsin and currently serves as President of the Bartell Community Theatre Foundation and Interim Production Manager of StageQ. He has previously served as Technical Director of State Street Theatre Co, President of StageQ, and as Lighting Specialist for Full Compass Systems. Zak currently is the Lighting Supervisor for the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, WI and tours as a pyrotechnician and photographer for Tora!Tora!Tora! Air Shows.
Lighting Designer: Cosi fan tutte (UW Opera); Disney's The Little Mermaid (Four Seasons); Harvey (Madison College); Cabaret, Falsettos, Die Mommie Die, Next Fall (StageQ); Born Yesterday, Other Desert Cities, Working (Madison Theatre Guild); CLUE: On Stage, Stars Wars Panto (Mercury Players); Mineola Twins (KR Womens' Theatre); Menacing (Broom Street Theatre); Almost Maine, Emilie: La Marquise du Chatelet (Strollers Theatre); Urinetown (JMMHS); Singing in the Rain, She Loves Me, Into the Woods, Around the World in 80 Days (MLC Forum); Miracle on 34th Street, The Importance of Being Earnest, I Do! I Do! (State Street Theatre). Zak has also worked with various bands and musical acts including "The Divers," "Koine," "Five By Design," "Tonic Sol Fa," and "The London Quintet."
Lighting Associate: The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 (First Stage), The Curious Savage, Oklahoma! (MLC Forum)
Director: Southern Baptist Sissies, Dog Sees God (StageQ)
Special Effect Design: Wizard of Oz Panto (Mercury); Rock of Ages (Madison Theatre Guild)
Production Manager: Falsettos, Queer Shorts 13, Cabaret, RAID! Attach on Stonewall, Next Fall, CapitalQ Festival 2022, Act a Lady (StageQ)
He wishes to thank his late-father whom he blames for his obsession with lighting, his mother and sisters for their love and support, his partner Josiah for his love and patience with his bizarre sleep schedule, as well as his family of friends who remind him about the value of sleep and fun, and everyone in the Wisconsin theatre community who welcomed, embarrassed, nurtured, and drank with him.
Instagram: @zakstowe
