Bio
Kia’s professional theatre career spans over two decades.
She makes her home in New York City now and collaborates with several different theatre companies. "The first
time I read through a piece, I see light and shadow; when I hear music and mark through a score I feel the
rhythm and want to support it with light."
Off Broadway: Made In Heaven at The SoHo Playhouse, Passage through Light and Shadow at
Theatre at St. Clement’s. Favorite Off-Indie credits: Dog Act, Venus Observed, Universal
Robots, Jacob’s House, and All The Rage.
Kia is the resident lighting designer at Manhattan Theatre Source and lighting director for Estrogenius since
2007. She also designs lights for events and concerts at The Asia Society, working with international artists
Yeondoo Jung, KODO drummers and Indian Dance. Regionally Kia works as a returning guest artist at The University
of North Carolina at Wilmington.
For a detailed resume in pdf format, click
here.
Press
"...The lighting from Kia Rogers emphasizes the disjointed, shattered feeling of the play."
nytheatre.com review of 'All The Rage'
Josh Sherman • July 31, 2008
"Director understanding writer, ensemble understanding director, with sound design (Elizabeth Rhodes) and
lighting design (Kia Rogers) skimming along the edges with just the right touch, like gilt on the edge of a
beautiful book."
Happiest Medium review of 'Jacob's House'
Antonio Minino and Karen Tortora-Lee • May 13, 2010
"...the lighting design by Kia Rogers served its purpose well, bringing to life the interior of a dusty old
attic in the nighttime to great effect, with some wonderfully subtle moments woven throughout."
Theatre Knights (&Daze): News & Reviews 'Jacob's House'
Tobi-Wan • May 12, 2010
"…and Kia Rogers’s practical lighting achieves a neat black-and-white bleaching effect at the end."
The Jewish Daily Forward 'Jacob's House'
Laurence Klavan • May 14, 2010
"Baleful lighting (by Kia Rogers) and season-shifting crashes of unearthly thunder (sound design by Elizabeth
Rhodes) are all that's needed to evoke the dreary landscape; the actors' cart, which also serves as their rough
stage, constitutes the entire set (by Jason Paradine), and it's spectacular."
Jon Sobel, Blogcritics
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
"Clever writing complemented by excellent sound and light—designed by, respectively, Jay Spriggs and Kia
Rogers—make for a most entertaining evening."
Nita Congress • March 14, 2011
