Maranda DeBusk (they|she|he) is a theatre artist specializing in Lighting and Media designs. They are currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts at the Ohio State University (Columbus, OH).
Professional Highlights:
Regional: Virginia Stage Company (Norfolk, VA), Music Theatre Wichita (KS), Actors’ Express (Atlanta), Playmakers’ Repertory Theatre Summer Youth Conservatory (Chapel Hill, NC),Triad Stage (Greensboro, NC), and Warehouse Theatre (Greenville, SC).
Associate Designs: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (OH), Trinity Repertory Company (Providence, RI), Syracuse Stage (NY), and the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (CO).
New York: Lincoln Center Directors’ Lab - Design Consultant, 2017
International: Prague Quadrennial (LIZZIE - US National Pavilion, 2023; K2 - US Emerging Artists Pavilion, 2023; Roméo et Juliette - US Emerging Artists Pavilion, 2019), World Stage Design (A Lesson Before Dying - Emerging Designer - Taipei, Taiwan, 2017).
They have worked for the past decade as a designer and consultant with Higher Ground, a community arts organization in Eastern Kentucky dedicated to enriching the region and fostering social belonging and well-being through the arts. Previously, she has served in an instructional capacity at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro, the University of Tennessee, the University of Georgia, and Converse College.
At the core of all their work is their belief in the power of the dramatic arts to create positive change in our communities. The greatest work is that which when let out into the world, improves it.
If you have any comments, questions, concerns, or confessions
feel free to contact me at:
(e) maranda.debusk@gmail.com