Kylor Greene

Kylor Greene is a Kansas City, MO based theatrical designer. He specializes in lighting design, but enjoys collaborating and designing in various disciplines. His career in Kansas City began while attending high school, as he assisted and worked on shows at The American Heartland Theatre and Musical Theatre Heritage. In 2010 he left Kansas City to attend Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. While at Lindenwood, he majored in Technical Theatre and Design and designed the lighting for 6+ academic productions. Lindenwood also offered the opportunity to assist on designs for concert productions with talents such as Neil Sedaka, Chuck Berry, Martin Short, David Cassidy, Debby Boone, Debbie Reynolds, Ed Asner, Glen Campbell, Kenny Rogers, The Lennon Sisters, and Pat Boone.

Kylor graduated Lindenwood University with his B.F.A. and returned to Kansas City in 2014. While in Kansas City, he has been a resident designer with Theatre for Young America and Musical Theatre Heritage, while also designing with Kansas City Actors Theatre and many other smaller companies. He is also a producing member of 1009 Arts Collective, a locally developed artistic company dedicated to bringing Kansas City created art to the community.


Experience

Lead CAD Drafter at Kansas City Metal Works

2022-Present Kansas City, MO

Responsible for all technical drawings, including 3D rendering, shop assembly drawings, and cut sheets. Also aids in design of projects and field measurement using 3D laser scanning equipment.


A/V and Exhibits Specialist at Union Station Kansas City

2020 – 2022 Kansas City, MO

Technician for exhibits, events, building, and Science City.


Resident Lighting Designer at Theatre for Young America

2014 – Present Kansas City, MO

Lighting Design for 6+ shows a season.


Lighting Designer at Kansas City Actors Theatre

2016 – 2018  Kansas City, MO

Freelance Lighting Designer hired for My Old Lady, Skylight, and Blithe Spirit.


Lighting Designer at Shawnee Mission South High School

2016 – 2020  Overland Park, KS

Professional Lighting Designer hired to design student productions. 4 per season.


Lighting Designer at Musical Theatre Heritage

2016 – 2017  Kansas City, MO

Lighting Designer for 6 Main productions and various smaller events


Asst. Lighting Designer/Programmer/Electrician at Musical Theatre Heritage

2014 – 2016  Kansas City, MO

Assistant to Shane Rowse, the Lighting Designer for MTH at that time.


Education

Certification in Computer Aided Drafting and Design at MCCKC

Projected Graduation 2022 Kansas City, MO

Classes in hand drafting, AutoCAD, and Revvit.


BFA in Technical Theatre and Designer at Lindenwood University

2010 – 2014  St. Charles, MO

Undergraduate degree, as well as 300 work study hours per semester working as part of the house technical staff. Lindenwood acts as a touring house for Broadway/IATSE tours, concerts, events, as well as theatrical performances. While at LU, I worked on all types of events as a Lighting Designer and an Asst. Lighting Designer.


High School Diploma at Oak Park High School

2006 – 2010  Kansas City North, MO

Class Rank: 15 out of 319 GPA: 4.00



Clients

Oak Park High School, Shawnee Mission South High School, Musical Theatre Heritage, Theatre for Young America, Crumblecake Productions, Cavalcade Productions, Crumble Artistic Group of Lesser Kansas City, KC Fringe Festival, KC Creates, Burlesque Downtown Underground, Gurukul Dance Company, Kansas City Actors Theatre, Music Theater Kansas City, Folly Theater, Chuck Berry, IATSE Local 31, 1009 Arts, Owen Cox Dance Company, Union Station Kansas City




Specialties

Lighting Design

Assistant Lighting Design

2D/3D Drafting

3D Rendering

ETC Eos Programming

Basic Projection Design

Skills

Programming of Conventional and Intelligent Fixtures

Advanced ETC Eos Programming

High End WholeHog II Programming

Advanced ETC Express/ion Programming

ETC Obsession I/II Programming

Vectorworks 2018 – 2D/3D Drafting

Lightwright 5 – Paperwork, Data Exchange, Export, etc

Adobe Creative Suite

TCP/IP Networking

Pathport Networking

Basic OSC knowledge

Theatrical Electrician knowledge

Windows Software

Basic QLab programming

Basic Arkaos programming

Basic Isadora programming

Upkeep and Use of Various intelligent fixtures and devices

Renderworks – 3D Rendering

Leica BLK360 Laser Scanning

Leica Cyclone Register Scan Processing

Various Point Cloud Processing Software