Megan Reilly
@meganreilly.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Lighting Design at UW Madison
Lighting & projection designer, immersive theatre researcher, writer, traveler, hiker, book lover, cat lover. IATSE USA 829
www.meganreillydesign.com
Lighting & projection designer, immersive theatre researcher, writer, traveler, hiker, book lover, cat lover. IATSE USA 829
www.meganreillydesign.com
If you had told me 25 years ago that Jonathan from Buffy would bring Chess back to Broadway, I would’ve told you that you were drunk. #theatresky
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you had told me 25 years ago that Jonathan from Buffy would bring Chess back to Broadway, I would’ve told you that you were drunk. #theatresky
Thanks to everyone who helped make this project happen!
UW–Madison virtual theatre project featured at Festival d’Avignon
This summer, UW–Madison faculty member Megan Reilly’s virtual theatre project, “Beyond the Garden of Adrian,” was featured in a showcase at the Festival d’Avignon in France — one of the world’s premie...
education.wisc.edu
September 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Thanks to everyone who helped make this project happen!
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#DimTheLights for Kat Sirico, Production Manager at Jacob's Pillow, who was killed in an accident with a runaway platform dolly while helping to move it across the Jacob's Pillow campus yesterday.
www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
Person killed in incident at Jacob’s Pillow on Friday identified
A production manager for the dance center known as Jacob’s Pillow was killed on Friday.
www.masslive.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
#DimTheLights for Kat Sirico, Production Manager at Jacob's Pillow, who was killed in an accident with a runaway platform dolly while helping to move it across the Jacob's Pillow campus yesterday.
www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
Avignon went really well and we had a blast! Now I'm in tech for Dance Nation, opening July 25 at UW Madison Theatre & Drama!
July 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Avignon went really well and we had a blast! Now I'm in tech for Dance Nation, opening July 25 at UW Madison Theatre & Drama!
We are in Avignon for the Festival d'Avignon, and all of our slots for Monday's SVSN showcase of The Garden of Adrian are filled!
July 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We are in Avignon for the Festival d'Avignon, and all of our slots for Monday's SVSN showcase of The Garden of Adrian are filled!
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Move slow and build things.
June 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Move slow and build things.
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Yup.
This is everywhere.
Every academic institution I know is held together by some exhausted woman in her early 40's who waits until the old white male professors have finished their vague rants and says, "alright, so concretely can I propose the following next steps..."
She makes half their salary.
Every academic institution I know is held together by some exhausted woman in her early 40's who waits until the old white male professors have finished their vague rants and says, "alright, so concretely can I propose the following next steps..."
She makes half their salary.
A friend is getting involved in politics for the 1st time. Went to local mtg where guys in charge said: we want to have a concert in 6wks. She asked ?s They had no venue, no bands, etc. She made a PowerPoint on tasks needed & a realistic timeline. Them: You're too corporate, not progressive enough.
June 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Yup.
For the past few years I have been working on this project alongside two students, and now we're bringing it to SVSN's Digital Showcase as part of the Festival d'Avignon! spectaclevivant-scenesnumeriques.fr/showcases-20...
showcases 2025 - spectacle vivant scènes numériques
Showcases 2025 10 expériences artistiques mêlant spectacle vivant et création immersive pour inspirer professionnel·le·s et créateur·ice·s et découvrir les dessous de la fabrication de ces projets uni...
spectaclevivant-scenesnumeriques.fr
June 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
For the past few years I have been working on this project alongside two students, and now we're bringing it to SVSN's Digital Showcase as part of the Festival d'Avignon! spectaclevivant-scenesnumeriques.fr/showcases-20...
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For the record:
Include the design awards and lifetime achievement award in the broadcast.
#tonyawards
Include the design awards and lifetime achievement award in the broadcast.
#tonyawards
June 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
For the record:
Include the design awards and lifetime achievement award in the broadcast.
#tonyawards
Include the design awards and lifetime achievement award in the broadcast.
#tonyawards
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Please don’t feel guilt for having some joy while watching the Tony awards.
In these dark times…
Joy is resistance.
Art is resistance.
In these dark times…
Joy is resistance.
Art is resistance.
June 9, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Please don’t feel guilt for having some joy while watching the Tony awards.
In these dark times…
Joy is resistance.
Art is resistance.
In these dark times…
Joy is resistance.
Art is resistance.
I really wish they'd air all of the awards. #tonyawards
June 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I really wish they'd air all of the awards. #tonyawards
There absolutely needs to be a projection-slash-video design category - this entire stage is video!
June 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
There absolutely needs to be a projection-slash-video design category - this entire stage is video!
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Just saw a comedian say "If vaccines caused autism then America would have trains" and I almost spit out my drink.
May 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Just saw a comedian say "If vaccines caused autism then America would have trains" and I almost spit out my drink.
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A big IATSE-welcome to our newest kin! 🎉
Fifteen production employees at the Arizona Theatre Company’s Tucson branch have voted unanimously to be represented by IATSE Local 415!
Full story: iatse.net/arizona-thea...
Fifteen production employees at the Arizona Theatre Company’s Tucson branch have voted unanimously to be represented by IATSE Local 415!
Full story: iatse.net/arizona-thea...
Arizona Theatre Company Workers Vote Unanimously to Join IATSE Local 415 - IATSE
Tucson, AZ — Fifteen production employees at the Arizona Theatre Company’s Tucson branch have voted unanimously to be represented by The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Lo...
iatse.net
May 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A big IATSE-welcome to our newest kin! 🎉
Fifteen production employees at the Arizona Theatre Company’s Tucson branch have voted unanimously to be represented by IATSE Local 415!
Full story: iatse.net/arizona-thea...
Fifteen production employees at the Arizona Theatre Company’s Tucson branch have voted unanimously to be represented by IATSE Local 415!
Full story: iatse.net/arizona-thea...
For the 2nd time, The Last of Us has left me feeling nothing but despair. I know the game follows the same story but honestly right now I need to not be feeling this way (and I suspect I'm not alone). I loved the first season but probably won't watch it anymore.
May 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
For the 2nd time, The Last of Us has left me feeling nothing but despair. I know the game follows the same story but honestly right now I need to not be feeling this way (and I suspect I'm not alone). I loved the first season but probably won't watch it anymore.
This will put a lot of actors out of work. And will likely mean I cancel my Audible subscription.
Fuck this, absolutely fuck this, everyone who loves audiobooks loves their favourite narrators because they are great at their jobs and interpreting the author's words and they make the experience what it is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This will put a lot of actors out of work. And will likely mean I cancel my Audible subscription.
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American theatre artists stepping up again. "Dr. Hayden, the first African American and first woman to serve as head of the institution, was a 'fierce advocate for preserving America’s cultural memory ...'"
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/t...
#theatre #theater #theatresky #theaterBSKY
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/t...
#theatre #theater #theatresky #theaterBSKY
‘Dead Outlaw’ Cancels Library of Congress Concert to Protest Firing
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
American theatre artists stepping up again. "Dr. Hayden, the first African American and first woman to serve as head of the institution, was a 'fierce advocate for preserving America’s cultural memory ...'"
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/t...
#theatre #theater #theatresky #theaterBSKY
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/t...
#theatre #theater #theatresky #theaterBSKY
Beautiful piece.
The Dictatorship of Light
In a world flooded with artificial light, theatre preserves the mystery of darkness—offering resistance, reverie, and shared imagination.
skene.pub
April 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Beautiful piece.
"Visually, the production is stark and evocative. Scenic designer Theada Haining constructs a cold, isolating lunar habitat, while Megan Reilly’s lighting and media design inject pockets of warmth into the sterile surroundings."
Review: WALDEN (REMIX) at Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Mary Moody Northen Theatre’s production of Walden (remix) is a moving sci-fi drama that critiques climate apathy, corporate greed, and the pressure on younger generations to clean up the mess we are h...
www.broadwayworld.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Visually, the production is stark and evocative. Scenic designer Theada Haining constructs a cold, isolating lunar habitat, while Megan Reilly’s lighting and media design inject pockets of warmth into the sterile surroundings."
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Being disabled isn’t some abstract concept. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” their way out of.
It’s something that can happen to anyone at any time.
Once it happens to you, you will understand how little support exists. Help us & your future self will thank you.
It’s something that can happen to anyone at any time.
Once it happens to you, you will understand how little support exists. Help us & your future self will thank you.
March 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Being disabled isn’t some abstract concept. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not something you can “try harder” their way out of.
It’s something that can happen to anyone at any time.
Once it happens to you, you will understand how little support exists. Help us & your future self will thank you.
It’s something that can happen to anyone at any time.
Once it happens to you, you will understand how little support exists. Help us & your future self will thank you.
Happy opening night to Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at UW Madison!
March 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Happy opening night to Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at UW Madison!
Because I couldn't resist... #Emails2DOGE
1. Focused lights, cued, and teched Joe Turner.
2. Gave a lecture on world building to my students.
3. Planned the USITT Digital Media DAA award recipient's presentation.
4. Drafted the projector plot for Walden.
5. Lived up to my cats' expectations.
1. Focused lights, cued, and teched Joe Turner.
2. Gave a lecture on world building to my students.
3. Planned the USITT Digital Media DAA award recipient's presentation.
4. Drafted the projector plot for Walden.
5. Lived up to my cats' expectations.
February 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Because I couldn't resist... #Emails2DOGE
1. Focused lights, cued, and teched Joe Turner.
2. Gave a lecture on world building to my students.
3. Planned the USITT Digital Media DAA award recipient's presentation.
4. Drafted the projector plot for Walden.
5. Lived up to my cats' expectations.
1. Focused lights, cued, and teched Joe Turner.
2. Gave a lecture on world building to my students.
3. Planned the USITT Digital Media DAA award recipient's presentation.
4. Drafted the projector plot for Walden.
5. Lived up to my cats' expectations.
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FYI: Kennedy Center debacle affecting more than just those with announced cancellations.
February 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
FYI: Kennedy Center debacle affecting more than just those with announced cancellations.
Unbelievable that the Kennedy Center might just end up on the Do Not Work list.
February 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Unbelievable that the Kennedy Center might just end up on the Do Not Work list.