Valerie Pope

Valerie Pope

(she/her/hers)

Lighting & Video Department Manager

Lighting Designer, Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender, Smote This, Virgins to Villains, Behfarmaheen

First season at OSF: 2011. Favorite Shows at OSF: August, Osage County (2011); The Tenth Muse (2013), Oklahoma! (2018). Lighting Design (SF Bay Area), Musicals: Beauty and the Beast, South Pacific, Full Monty, Ragtime, Grease, Once Upon A Mattress, Pageant, The Musical (2016 Outstanding Design of a Musical), Ghost; Plays: End of the Rainbow (2017 Outstanding Design of a Play - nominee), How I Got That Story, Bloody Poetry, Albert's Bridge, Jawbone Theater Ensemble (founding member): Conquest of the South Pole, 70 Scenes of Halloween; Bay Area Intimate Theater Festival - Beckett One Acts: Play, Come and Go, Not I, What Where, Rockaby, Radio Play I & II; Operetta: Candide. Assistant Lighting Design: Cal Shakes (91-97 seasons), Linda Ronstadt Mas Canciones de mi Padre - tour, SF leg, Margaret Jenkins Dance - 10 PM Dream, Keith Terry & Crosspulse (LD, David KH Elliott); American Conservatory Theater (92-93 season). Other designs: OSF Daedalus Project Variety Show, 2012-2015; OSF Daedalus Project play reading of Oklahoma! 2016; Academy of Friends - Oscar Gala, 1996-1998. Notables: Two-time, D1 All American in Soccer (UC Berkeley), 2014 winner of the 2nd Annual OSF Chili Cookoff. Passions: Cycling, rowing, photography, brewing, creating craft cocktails.