Ilia Kemble
Theatre Specialist
Dallas
An accomplished Entertainment Designer, Ilia has experience in multiple design disciplines.
While her focus has primarily been Lighting Design, she is also a talented Set and Costume Designer. Ilia is a creative self-starter. She is technically minded as well as design capable. Ilia has experience solving complex design questions for multiple show formats. She has been privileged to work on projects Nationally and Internationally. Her experience both, onstage as performer, and offstage as a technician, programmer, and designer, has given her a unique perspective as a Theater Planner. She uses this experience to help create performance spaces that truly support all theatre artists in their many creative endeavors. Ilia enjoys being part of a creative team, telling stories, and creating spaces that elevate, inspire, and transform the communities in which we live.
Completed Prior to Joining Schuler Shook
Resident Lighting Designer, Ballet Papillon
Mr. Burns: A Post Electric Play, Greer Garson Theatre, Lighting Designer
Blood Wedding, Greer Garson Theatre, Lighting Designer
Winter’s Tale, Greer Garson Theatre, Lighting Designer
Legally Blonde: The Musical, Little Theatre, Lighting Designer
12 Angry Jurors, Hallberg Theatre, Lighting Designer
Twelfth Night, A Musical, Bob Hope Theatre, Assistant to Hannah Wolland
Suor Angelica, Bob Hope Theatre, Assistant to Chris Rynne
Gianni Schicchi, Bob Hope Theatre, Assistant to Chris Rynne
Constellations, Margo Jones Theatre, Set Designer
Passage, Margo Jones Theatre, Set and Costume Designer
Education
- Southern Methodist University, 2025, MFA Entertainment Design
- California State University Fullerton, 2014, BA Production and Design
- Citrus Community College, 2011, AA Performing Arts and Entertainment Technology