Shannon McKinney is a lighting designer who has designed over 200 productions across the country. Recent credits: Noises Off, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The Arvada Center); Much Ado About Nothing, King Lear (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); On the Exhale (Curious Theatre Company). Regional designs include productions at Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Lookingglass Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, and The Alliance Theatre.
Shannon has received seven CTG Henry Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design. She is a professor at the University of Denver.