Adrian Gilstrap (he/they)
Associate Lighting Designer
Adrian is a lighting designer working in the bay area. He has a passion for live entertainment and loves finding creative solutions for any lighting needs.
Some recent theatrical design credits include: Alabaster with Town Hall Theater, Grand Horizons with Altarena Playhouse, Sweet Charity with Diablo Valley College, and Henry V with The Pear Theater. In addition to theatrical design, Adrian was trained in lighting design for modern dance and concert.
Quotes:
Theatre Eddys re Richard II:
“Director Hammond and lighting designer, Adrian Gilstrap, combine their skills to a cell outlined in harsh light on the floor in which an imprisoned King stands and bemoans, “I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.” From the light above, his body’s shadow becomes a mere drop of dark shape next to his feet. As his reign and life wanes, so does even his shadow.”
SF Chronicle quote re Alabaster:
“When June plummets into a PTSD episode, lighting designer Adrian Gilstrap takes us inside her mind with orchid and fuchsia lighting.”
Talkinbroadway.com re Henry V:
“The most minimal of set pieces populate Louis Stone-Collonge's design, but there is enough to envision a court or battlefield scene, particularly with Adrian Gilstrap's lighting design which distinctly establishes day from night, indoors from out of doors.”
East Bay Times re Alabaster:
“Set designer Deanna L. Zibello’s and lighting designer Adrian Gilstrap add to the show’s emotional flavor as they turn the Town Hall proscenium stage into an evocative farmhouse and yard.”
