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THE COMPANY | STAGE MANAGER
Tanya Harper
(Lighting Designer, Stage Manager)
Is pleased to return to Kentucky Ballet
Theatre for the 2023-24 performance season.
Ms. Harper has worked with the Kentucky
Ballet Theatre since the company's founding
in 1998, creating designs and production
stage managing for classical repertoire and
original ballets by artistic director, Norbe
Risco, including The Nutcracker, Sleeping
Beauty, Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, The
Little Mermaid, Dracula, and Peter Pan. She
has worked with many companies in central
Kentucky, including The Lexington Theatre
Company (42nd Street, Mary Poppins, Legally
Blonde, The Music Man, A Chorus Line, West
Side Story and Newsies), UK Opera Theatre
(Ragtime, South Pacific, The Phantom of the
Opera, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd, Show
Boat, Carousel, Porgy and Bess, La Traviata,
Barber of Seville, La Boheme, Carmen, It’s a
Grand Night for Singing!), and Bluegrass
Youth Ballet (Dia de los Muertos, Alebrijes,
Alice in Wonderland, Arabella’s Journey).
Originally from Owings Mills, MD, Ms. Harper
holds an MFA in lighting design from the
University
of
Cincinnati
CollegeConservatory of Music, and a BFA in English
from Colgate University. Ms. Harper is
celebrating 25 years as the Production Director at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center for
the Arts, which hosts nearly 400 events every year.
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