Frank McKown is a LA-based award-winning lighting designer

who has collaborated with notable artists and directors of theatre, dance, and concerts for over twenty five years.

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Director Collaborations

Michael Arabian • Yuri Belov • John Bowab • Bill Bowersock • Tim Dang

 Heidi Helen Davis • Howard Fine • David Galligan • Richard Hochberg     Richard Israel • Derek Charles Livingston • Michael Michetti • Mary Joan Negro • Holland Renton • Robert Schrock • Del Shores • Rick Sparks • Jenny Sullivan • Chay Yew • and more

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Artists List

Sheryl Lee Ralph • Maureen McGovern • Nancy Wilson • Rita Moreno • Megan Mullally • Susan Egan • Darryl Archibald • Melissa Manchester • Lillias White • Jerry Herman • Robert Beltran • Angela Lansbury • Joanna Gleason • Christine Ebersole • Roberta Flack • Sammy Williams • Edward Albert • Jim J. Bullock   Patti LaBelle • Kevin Spirtas • Andy Bell • Charo • and more 

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Venues List

Actors Gang Theatre • Alex Theatre • CBS Studio Center • Culver City

Civic Light Opera • East West Players • UCLA Freud Playhouse • The Group Rep • Ivy Substation • John Anson Ford Theater • Long Beach Playhouse • Palm Desert McCallum Theater • Notre Dame University Washington Hall • Odyssey Theatre • Palm Springs Convention Center • Phoenix Sundome • Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center •      Wilshire Ebell Theater • and more

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Awards and Honors

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Ovation Awards nomination  On the Open Road  Stella Adler Theater

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L.A. Drama Critics Circle nomination  He Who Gets Slapped  Ivy Substation

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Lester Horton Dance Award  Collage Dance Theatre's After Eden  L.A. Marriott

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Drama-Logue Critics Award  Morticians In Love  Celebration Theater

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Robby Award  Lies and Legends  Rubicon Theatre Company

 

 

 

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