About


Todd Proffitt has been a freelance Lighting Designer for over 15 years. Currently, he works for the State University of New York– College at Fredonia Department of Theatre and Dance as the Associate Professor for Lighting and Sound Design. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Design from Texas Tech University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Central Missouri State University. In 1999 was the recipient of The United States Institute of Theatre Technology’s Barbazon Award for Lighting Design. He has served as a lighting designer for such companies as Cortland Repertory Theatre Company, The Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company in Chautauqua Ny; Buffalo State College; The Paul Robeson Theatre in Buffalo Ny; The Producers Circle in New Orleans; Anglefire Mountain Theatre Group in Anglefire, New Mexico; Central Missouri Repertory in Warrensburg, Missouri; and Opera Iowa in Des Moines, Iowa. Before moving to Fredonia, Mr. Proffitt served as Interim Technical Director for Loyola University in New Orleans.