Sean Callery
(“Alias Investigations,” “Fire Escape Night Shift,” and “Jessica on the Move” from the film Jessica Jones)
Margaret Mullin
Randall G. Chiarelli
Reed Nakayama
PNB Costume Shop
8 dancers
June 2017
Pacific Northwest Ballet (NEXT STEP)
The world premiere of Margaret Mullin’s A.K.A. is generously underwritten by Joan Fitzmaurice and Ms. Jessica Tarzan.
Randall G. Chiarelli (1949-2024) devoted his career to lighting for dance, much of it at Pacific Northwest Ballet, and also for American Ballet Theatre, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, among others. His many collaborators included choreographers Donald Byrd, Mark Dendy, Ronald Hynd, Kent Stowell, Susan Stroman, and Christopher Wheeldon. Chiarelli graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in painting and sculpture.
Reed Nakayama is a Seattle-based Lighting and Projection Designer. He joined PNB in 2013 as a stagehand, and in 2019, was promoted to caretaker of the company’s copious designs. Here, he has illuminated stages in collaboration with artists such as Alexei Ratmansky (Wartime Elegy), Jessica Lang (Ghost Variations), Danielle Rowe (The Window), and Christopher Wheeldon (Curious Kingdom). He received a BFA in Performance Production from Cornish College of the Arts.