Kimberly Purtell
Fifth season: Lighting designer of Waiting for Godot. Stratford: Charlie Brown, The Little Years, The Blonde, the Brunette and the Vengeful Redhead. Elsewhere: Most recently she designed Race (Canadian Stage); La Ronde (Soulpepper); Falsettos and Do You Want What I Have Got? A Craigslist Cantata (Acting Up Stage); Arigato, Tokyo (Buddies in Bad Times); Iceland (Factory); Svadba (Edmonton Opera); Someone Else (Crow’s); Loveloss (Dancemakers); and The Penelopiad (Nightwood). She has also designed for Mirvish Productions, MTC, Theatre Calgary, Vancouver Playhouse, Harbourfront World Stage, Tarragon Theatre, Studio 180, the Vancouver and Beijing Cultural Olympiads and many others. Awards: Three Dora Mavor Moore Awards, 17 nominations, Pauline McGibbon Award. Et cetera: Kimberly’s designs have been critically acclaimed both on the national and international stage, having been seen across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Prague, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia and Russia.